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The Beatles: Nothing is Real
Clinton Van Inman gets back to the psychedelic Sixties.
4 min |
August/September 2025
Philosophy Now
The Post-Truth Kerfuffle
Susan Haack, who is Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts & Sciences, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Law, at the University of Miami, talks with Angela Tan about how and when we know.
10+ min |
August/September 2025
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A Crisis of Attention
Paul Doolan attends to our culture of attention demanding.
10+ min |
August/September 2025
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Me, me, me?
Benjamin George Coles finds himself.
7 min |
August/September 2025
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Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995)
Robin Attfield looks at the life of a dedicated promoter of African philosophy.
7 min |
August/September 2025
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Gödel, Wittgenstein, & the Limits of Knowledge
Michael D. McGranahan takes us to the edge of language, mathematics and science.
10+ min |
August/September 2025
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The Meaning of a Good Life
Following the sad news of Alasdair MacIntyre's death recently, AmirAli Maleki argues that he and Miskawayh al-Razi shared a similarly Aristotelian vision of the way to live.
7 min |
August/September 2025
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Challenging the Objectivity of Science
Sina Mirzaye Shirkoohi observes science to get the facts straight about it.
10 min |
August/September 2025
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Popper, Science & Democracy
Brian King follows Popper's idea of the evolution of knowledge, life and society.
10+ min |
August/September 2025
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Philosophers on Newspapers
Someone once said that Europe is characterized by the newspaper.
2 min |
August/September 2025
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The Philosophical Method of Exception
Peter Keeble spotlights and critiques a common philosophical technique.
7 min |
August/September 2025
Philosophy Now
Knowledge Xuanzang & the Gettier Problem
Maya Koka journeys through the desert to seek knowledge about knowledge.
4 min |
August/September 2025
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Ethics Goes Awry in Humans and AI
The Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet. Early Adopter of Kierkegaard & Tillich Dies
4 min |
August/September 2025
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Affirmative Action for Androids
Jimmy Alfonso Licon asks, when should we prioritise android rights?
10+ min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
Welcome to the Civilization of the Liar's Paradox
Slavoj Žižek uncovers political paradoxes of lying.
10+ min |
June/July 2025
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The Importance of the Purple
Massimo Pigliucci looks for threads of integrity in a morally compromised world.
3 min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
Ethics for the Age of AI
Mahmoud Khatami asks, can machines make good moral decisions?
10 min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
Anand Vaidya (1976-2024)
Manjula Menon on the short but full career of a 'disciplinary trespasser'.
7 min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
Studying Smarter with AI?
Max Gottschlich on sense and nonsense when using AI in academia.
5 min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
Excusing God
Raymond Tallis highlights the problem of evil.
7 min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
Stephen Fry
Perhaps unshockingly for someone who is an actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer, Stephen Fry has a deep interest in words and how we use them. After hearing him lecture on that subject, Marcel Steinbauer-Lewis asked him about Artificial Intelligence and how it connects with the extraordinary lure of language.
8 min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
Is VR Meaningful Escapism?
Amir Haj-Bolouri enquires into possible meaning through technology.
9 min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
What Simone de Beauvoir Got — And Didn't Get – About Motherhood
Nura Hossainzadeh argues that motherhood is both physical and transcendent.
10+ min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
Is Laughter Liberating or Cruel?
Alfie Bown investigates different categories of laughter. investigates different categories of laughter.
8 min |
June/July 2025
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Rescuing Mind from the Machines
Vincent J. Carchidi agrees with Descartes and friends that our ability to use language creatively distinguishes our minds from computers.
10+ min |
June/July 2025
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Young & Meaningful
Elise Beal notes a Japanese philosophy of finding pleasure in the small things, and matches it with an online trend.
6 min |
June/July 2025
Philosophy Now
The Functions of Humor in Writing
Omar Sabbagh contemplates the use of humor, in fiction, and in life.
7 min |
June/July 2025
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René Descartes Loses His Phone
Judah Crow follows Descartes as he seeks that which one must have always.
7 min |
June/July 2025
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PERFECT DAYS
Thomas E. Wartenberg focuses on a path to happiness.
6 min |
June/July 2025
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The Importance of Nature for Thought
Gerardo Posada considers some of the philosophical benefits of green spaces.
8 min |