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Bilbo Theorizes About Wellbeing
Eric Comerford overhears Bilbo and Gandalf discussing happiness.
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December 2025 / January 2026
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What Women?
Marcia Yudkin remembers almost choking at Cornell
10+ min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Islamic Philosophers On Tyranny
Amir Ali Maleki looks at tyranny from an Islamic perspective.
4 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Peter Singer
The controversial Australian philosopher defends the right to choose to die on utilitarian grounds
5 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Another Conversation with Martin Heidegger?
Raymond Tallis talks about communication problems.
7 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Letters
When inspiration strikes, don't bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!
10+ min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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The Philosophy of William Blake
Mark Vernon looks at the imaginative thinking of an imaginative artist.
9 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Philosophical Haiku
Peering through life’s lens God in nature is deduced: The joy of being.
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Philosophy Shorts
More songs about Buildings and Food' was the title of a 1978 album by the rock band Talking Heads. It was about all the things rock stars normally don't sing about. Pop songs are usually about variations on the theme of love; tracks like Rose Royce's 1976 hit 'Car Wash' are the exception. Philosophers, likewise, tend to have a narrow focus on epistemology, metaphysics and trifles like the meaning of life. But occasionally great minds stray from their turf and write about other matters, for example buildings (Martin Heidegger), food (Hobbes), tomato juice (Robert Nozick), and the weather (Lucretius and Aristotle). This series of Shorts is about these unfamiliar themes; about the things philosophers also write about.
2 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Hedonic Treadmills in the Vale of Tears
Michael Gracey looks at how philosophers have pursued happiness.
8 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
Colin Mackenzie surveys the full life of a philanthropic philosopher.
8 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Moral Philosophy Can Help Explain Social Polarisation
Moral Philosophy Can Help Explain Social Polarisation Modern workplaces have become arenas for conflict over diversity, sustainability, health mandates, return-to-office policies, and corporate speech.
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Deconstructing Happiness
Abdullah Rayhan breaks down 'happiness' with Boethius, Kierkegaard & Montaigne.
9 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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The Philosophy of Race
Sailee Khurjekar argues that race is culturally constructed.
7 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Books
Elaine Coburn dips into different understandings of friendship while John B. Min ponders temporarily stepping away from people for the sake of political understanding.
10+ min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Marcus Aurelius's Ten Commandments
Massimo Pigliucci studies the Stoic Emperor's to-do list.
4 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Evolution or Progress?
Adam Neiblum asks what the difference is, and why it matters.
6 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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The Good Life Paradox
Matthew Hammerton points out that a meaningful life and a life that goes well for you might not be the same thing.
8 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Ethics Code for Neurotechnology
UNESCO has just introduced the first global ethical standards for neurotechnology. This rapidly advancing field receives far less public attention than AI, despite surging investment.
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Ancient Indian Wisdom for a Restless Age
Jahnvi Borgohain looks at a variety of approaches to happiness.
9 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Philosophy in Prison TV Series
It is rare for a TV drama series to be based on a nonfiction book about philosophy, but this is the case for a new six-part drama series with the working title ‘Waiting for the Out’.
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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The Necessary Ache
Tara Daneshmand on regret and the courage to choose.
8 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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John Searle (1932-2025)
Mariam Awwad sums up a very philosophical consciousness.
3 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Wish You Were Here
Ian Rizzo listens out for a philosophy of absence.
7 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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What are the Proper Limits of Free Speech?
Each answer below receives a random book. Apologies to the entrants not included.
10+ min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Women in the History of Philosophy
On the 26th and 27th of November the Centre for the History of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame in Sydney, Australia, held a conference called 'Women in the History of Philosophy: On Nature'.
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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New Complete Plato Translation
Translating from scratch the complete dialogues of Plato, probably the most influential philosopher of them all, is a truly monumental task.
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
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Books
Lucy Weir takes a wheel of healing for an intellectual spin, Frederik Kaufman examines a theory of the origins of equality, and Frank S. Robinson doubts a holistic vision of life, the universe, and everything.
10+ min |
October/November 2025
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Moral Decision-Making for a Job Search
Norman Schultz wonders when working is wrong.
10+ min |
October/November 2025
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The Mediation of Touch
A conversation between Emma Jones and Luce Irigaray.
10+ min |