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Interview
Karl Sigmund
Karl Sigmund is an emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna. He has made major contributions to evolutionary game theory and to the history of the Vienna Circle, who met regularly in Vienna from 1924-1936. Katharine Mullen talks with him about mathematics, and about the Vienna Circle.
Moral Issues
De-Extinction: Bringing Back Beasts or Playing God?
John Kennedy Philip revives the ethical debate around resurrecting species.
Forced Vaccination
Naina Krishnamurthy asks if it’s ethical or egregious.
Moral Decision-Making for a Job Search
Norman Schultz wonders when working is wrong.
What My Sister Taught Me About Humanity
Lee Clarke argues that we need a more inclusive view of moral personhood.
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Regulars
Editorial: Challenging Times & Moral Issues
by Rick Lewis
News: October/November 2025
Prizes galore for philosophers worldwide • AI says “All your base are belong to us” • Guilt-prone individuals easy to manipulate — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
The Mediation of Touch
A conversation between Emma Jones and Luce Irigaray.
Macmurray on Relationship
Jeanne Warren presents aspects of John Macmurray’s philosophy of the personal.
Quantum Physics & Indian Philosophy
Punit Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar Varshney look into entangled worlds.
Alchemy, Mining, Speculation & Experimentation
Okan Nurettin Okur investigates the philosophy of chemistry.
Can AI Teach Our Grandmothers To Suck Eggs?
Louis Tempany wonders whether the problem is with the machines or with us.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
John P. Irish considers some principles of history through the history of a historian.
Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Chocolate
by Matt Qvortrup
The Art of Living: Living According To Nature
Massimo Pigliucci goes back to Nature to seek happiness.
Tallis in Wonderland: Revisiting the Ontological Argument
Raymond Tallis contends that a definition of God cannot necessitate God’s existence.
Philosophical Haiku: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
by Terence Green
Reviews
Medicine Wheel for the Planet by Jennifer Grenz
Lucy Weir takes a wheel of healing for an intellectual spin.
The Roots of Equality by Lantz Miller
Frederik Kaufman examines a theory of the origins of equality.
Irreducible by Federico Faggin
Frank S. Robinson doubts a holistic vision of life, the universe, and everything.
Hit Man
Jason Friend and Lauren Friend discuss reprogramming your self.
Fiction
Anselm’s Proof
by Peter Mullen
