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The Return of God?
The Best Possible World, But Not For Us
Mohsen Moghri gives a Godless but principled response to the problem of evil.
The Return of God?
Exploring Atheism
Amrit Pathak gives us a run-down of the foundations of modern atheism.
A Critique of Pure Atheism
Andrew Likoudis questions the basis of some popular atheist arguments.
Evil & An Omnipotent, Benevolent God
Zdeněk Petráček looks at the biggest problem facing monotheism.
A God of Limited Power
Philip Goff grasps hold of the problem of evil and comes up with a novel solution.
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Regulars
Editorial: Return to God?
by Rick Lewis
News: December 2024 / January 2025
Lost Hegel lecture notes now being digitized • Professor Ted Honderich dead at 91 — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
Metaphors & Creativity
Ignacio Gonzalez-Martinez has a flash of inspiration about the role metaphors play in creative thought.
Seeing & Knowing
Shashwat Mishra explores the limits of perception via the Molyneux problem.
Perpetuating the Santa Deception
Jimmy Alfonso Licon wonders whether pretending there’s a Santa is naughty or nice.
Volney (1757-1820)
John P. Irish travels the path of a revolutionary mind.
How Can We Make A Computer Conscious?
Each answer below receives a random book. Apologies to the entrants not included.
Robert Stern
Robert Stern talks with AmirAli Maleki about philosophy in general, and Kant and Hegel in particular.
Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Dance
by Matt Qvortrup
Philosophical Haiku: Xenophanes (c.570-c.478 BCE)
by Terence Green
The Art of Living: Seneca On Anger
Massimo Pigliucci tells us how to avoid becoming irate.
Tallis in Wonderland: “I refute it thus”
Raymond Tallis kicks immaterialism into touch.
Reviews
Too Late To Awaken by Slavoj Žižek
T.W.J Moxham reads Slavoj Žižek’s little book of Hegelian horrors.
Barriers to Entailment by Gillian Russell
Christopher John Searle recommends a study of which moves are allowed in logical arguments.
It’s A Wonderful Life
Becky Lee Meadows considers questions of guilt, innocence, and despair in this classic Christmas movie.
How To Think Like A Woman by Regan Penaluna
Hugo Whately argues that analysing the problems of philosophy’s history is doing philosophy.
Fiction
The Battle
by Laura Birnbaum
