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Articles
The Best Criticism of Ethical Egoism
Stephen Leach gives you an unbiased reason why you shouldn’t be selfish.
Metaphysics
Austin & ‘Reality’
Will Bynoe on milk, therapy, and the nature of being.
John Locke & Personal Identity
Nurana Rajabova considers why, according to John Locke, you continue to be you.
Solving the Mystery of Mathematics
Jared Warren says, think of a number. What exactly are you thinking of?
Kant on Time
Letizia Nonnis unfolds Kant’s conception of the nature of and experience of time.
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Regulars
Editorial: Reality, Time and All That
by Rick Lewis
News: August/September 2023
Harry Frankfurt, philosopher, has died • So has Milan Kundera, novelist and thinker • Violent attack on philosophy class — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
The Best Criticism of Ethical Egoism
Stephen Leach gives you an unbiased reason why you shouldn’t be selfish.
Nostalgia, Morality, & Mass Entertainment
Adam Kaiser finds a fine case of mass existential longing.
Technology & Transformation
Helena Moradi looks at changing philosophical attitudes to technology.
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Augustine (354-430)
Hilarius Bogbinder on the philosophical life of a key figure of the Catholic Church.
Stoicism in History & Modern Life
Dermot M. Griffin reflects on the sources and relevance of this ancient wisdom.
How Will Humanity End?
Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the many entrants not included.
Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Love
by Matt Qvortrup
The Art of Living: The Three Disciplines of Epictetus
Massimo Pigliucci looks at the core principles for a Stoic life.
Tallis in Wonderland: Reflections on Reality
Raymond Tallis holds a mirror up to the philosophical world.
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Philosophical Haiku: Benedetto Croce (1866-1952)
by Terence Green
Reviews
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan
Gary Browning considers the ideas and emotions expressed in Bob Dylan’s songs and writings.
Metamodernism: The Future of Theory by Jason Storm
John Best tries to move beyond postmodernism.
The Postmodern Condition by Jean-François Lyotard
Mike Sutton discusses Jean-François Lyotard’s classic report on The Postmodern Condition.
The Sopranos
Jarett Figlin discusses depravity & the American dream.
Fiction
Kant’s Critique
by Sivanth Adithya.N
