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Free Will
The Will Is Not Free: You Have To Earn It
Basil Gala on what it takes to free ourselves from our formative factors.
Free Will
Spinoza & Other Determinists
Myint Zan compares different ways of denying free will.
What Is Free Will?
Grant Bartley wants to know what the problem with freedom is all about.
Criticising Strawson’s Compatibilism
Nurana Rajabova is wary of an attempt to dismiss determinism to keep free will.
Materialism, Freedom & Ethics
Philip Badger constructs a materialist ethical theory, with the help of John Rawls.
Regulars
Editorial: Free William?
by Rick Lewis
News: December 2023 / January 2024
A new (and problematic) use for chatbots • Monkey business with stem cells • Consciousness: Koch loses bet to Chalmers — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
Saying, Keeping Silent & Showing
Slavoj Žižek on Wittgenstein and Cancel Culture.
Torture & Ticking Bombs
Edward Hall is sceptical about this infamous ethical example’s usefulness.
Parrhesia & Doing Philosophy with Children
Maria daVenza Tillmanns considers the need for freedom of speech for children.
What Are The Limits of Knowledge?
Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the entrants not included.
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
Warren Ward looks at the history of a man who looked at the history of the world.
Terry Pinkard
Terry Pinkard, Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University in Washington DC, talks to AmirAli Maleki about how Hegel can help us make sense of modern social, cultural and political hot topics.
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Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Football
by Matt Qvortrup
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Philosophical Haiku: William James (1842-1910)
by Terence Green
The Art of Living: The Discipline of Action
Massimo Pigliucci tells us how to practice forebearance.
Tallis in Wonderland: The How & Why of Consciousness
Raymond Tallis says the mysteries haven’t been solved.
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Reviews
Debating Multiculturalism: Should There Be Minority Rights? by Peter Balint & Patti Tamara Lenard
Elaine Coburn navigates differences.
The Revolt Against Humanity by Adam Kirsch
Ian James Kidd responds to rejections of humanity.
Looking for Theophrastus by Laura Beatty
Chad Trainer hunts for a lost thinker.
Rationalism in Politics by Michael Oakeshott
Anika Vijapur revisits Michael Oakshott’s critique of rationalism in politics.
Fiction
The Ides of March
by Robert Edmondson
