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A Philosophical Autobiography
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A Philosophical Autobiography

Robin Wynyard reflects on his philosophical journey, and how this has influenced his thoughts about ageing.

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April/May 2021
The Limits Of Argument
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The Limits Of Argument

Howard Darmstadter asks why rational debate doesn’t often change minds.

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February/March 2021
The Limits of Computation
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The Limits of Computation

Apostolos Syropoulos goes back to BASICs to consider whether the human brain is a computer.

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February/March 2021
The View From Somewhere Else
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The View From Somewhere Else

Andy Owen travels to see various perspectives from various perspectives.

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7 mins  |
February/March 2021
Plato (427-347 BC)
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Plato (427-347 BC)

William Dante Deacon looks at the life of a founding father of Western philosophy.

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February/March 2021
I Don't Believe It!
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I Don't Believe It!

Dene Bebbington presents a couple of bad but popular arguments.

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February/March 2021
Criticising Science
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Criticising Science

Martin Kusch and Alexander Reutlinger discuss the ways science is criticised.

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February/March 2021
Further Animal Liberation
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Further Animal Liberation

John Tamilio III augments the arguments of Peter Singer.

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February/March 2021
Escaping Scepticism with Hegel & Heidegger
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Escaping Scepticism with Hegel & Heidegger

Benedict O’Connell asks, must reasoning ultimately rest upon mere assumption?

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February/March 2021
Elements of Truth
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Elements of Truth

Michael Baumann lists eight essential questions for judging the reliability of information.

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February/March 2021
Anxious Idleness
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Anxious Idleness

Why are we incapable of guilt-free leisure? Jacob Snyder says, blame John Locke!

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February/March 2021
Do We Want To Be Free?
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Do We Want To Be Free?

Siobhan Lyons discovers that free will doesn't come for free

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December 2020 / January 2021
The Future Of Philosophy Is CYBORG
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The Future Of Philosophy Is CYBORG

Phil Torres imagines a biotech way of solving intractable philosophical problems.

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December 2020 / January 2021
The Nightmare Before Christmas
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The Nightmare Before Christmas

Siobhain Lash argues that you can sometimes be to blame even when you couldn’t have done differently.

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7 mins  |
December 2020 / January 2021
Determinism Versus Determinism
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Determinism Versus Determinism

Nurana Rajabova is determined to sort it out.

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9 mins  |
December 2020 / January 2021
On Casuistry
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On Casuistry

Jason Morgan advocates justice without legislation.

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December 2020 / January 2021
To Be Is To Persist
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To Be Is To Persist

Dustin Gray finds out that continuing to exist isn’t as simple as you might think.

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10+ mins  |
December 2020 / January 2021
Free Will & The Brain
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Free Will & The Brain

Kevin Loughran wonders what scientific experiments really tell us about free will.

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9 mins  |
December 2020 / January 2021
Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)
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Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)

Morgan Sloan studies a Spanish philosopher and public intellectual who wanted to use philosophy to help society.

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December 2020 / January 2021
Homo informaticus
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Homo informaticus

Luc de Brabandere lets us sail with him along the two great rivers of thought that have flowed down the centuries from ancient philosophy into modern computer science, from Plato and Aristotle to Alan Turing and Claude Shannon.

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December 2020 / January 2021
Hedonism in Ancient India & Greece
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Hedonism in Ancient India & Greece

Nick Gutierrez wonders if pleasure seeking is underrated as a virtue.

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December 2020 / January 2021
Hegel, ‘The Father of Art History'?
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Hegel, ‘The Father of Art History'?

Michael Squire scrutinises Hegel’s historical ideas about aesthetics.

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October/November 2020
Mary Midgley (1919-2018)
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Mary Midgley (1919-2018)

Nat Dyer looks at the humanity of a philosopher who tried to make philosophy more human.

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October/November 2020
G.W.F. Hegel: An Introduction
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G.W.F. Hegel: An Introduction

Matt Qvortrup observes the watcher of the world spirit.

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October/November 2020
Memory & Time
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Memory & Time

Marla Morris considers both by philosophically remembering her teacher’s lectures, and his torn, yellowed lecture notes.

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9 mins  |
October/November 2020
SUCCESSION
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SUCCESSION

Jack Murphy sees society’s morals faltering in a family feud.

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7 mins  |
October/November 2020
Hegel Walks Into A Bar...
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Hegel Walks Into A Bar...

James V. Mead overhears Hegel mansplaining #MeToo.

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8 mins  |
October/November 2020
Drugs & Harm
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Drugs & Harm

Frederik Kaufman analyses the illegality of drugs.

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October/November 2020
Bear-Faced in Bombay
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Bear-Faced in Bombay

Seán Moran philosophically ponders plumptiousness.

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8 mins  |
October/November 2020
Pascal's Artificial Intelligence Wager
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Pascal's Artificial Intelligence Wager

Derek Leben computes the risks of general AI.

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8 mins  |
August/September 2020