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Tallis in Wonderland
An Itsy-Bitsy Universe?
Raymond Tallis breaks down the ultimate breakdown.
The Life Philosophical
What is the Philosophical Experience?
Eldar Sarajlic philosophically considers what it is to do philosophy.
Is Progress Possible In Philosophy?
Mathis Bitton suggests three ways that philosophy progresses.
Why Write Philosophy?
George Sher writes some philosophy to tell us.
What Happened to Philosophy?
Alexander Jeuk says overspecialization, academic debate focusing, and simplistic argument structures, are prominent missteps in modern philosophy.
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Regulars
Editorial: The Life Philosophical
by Rick Lewis
News: October/November 2023
Cornel West runs for President • Hypatia flees… to Glasgow • NTT launches its own philosophy institute — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
Seeing Through Transparency
Paul Doolan clearly sees transparency through philosophy.
Does a Just Society Require Just Citizens?
Jimmy Alfonso Licon on moral mediocrity.
Russell’s Moral Quandary
David Berman holds key oppositions in tension, including concerning morality.
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Prince Shōtoku (574-622)
B.V.E. Hyde looks at the statesman who fathered Japanese philosophy.
Hannah Arendt & the Complexities of Loving
Jack Pemment considers the strange attraction between two deep minds.
Hannah Arendt & the Banality of Evil
Georgia Arkell reconsiders Arendt’s explosive report on the trial of Eichmann.
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Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Cats
by Matt Qvortrup
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Philosophical Haiku: Karl Barth (1886-1968)
by Terence Green
The Art of Living: The Discipline of Desire
Massimo Pigliucci helps us to know our limits.
Tallis in Wonderland: An Itsy-Bitsy Universe?
Raymond Tallis breaks down the ultimate breakdown.
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Reviews
In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology by Lucy Moore
Roger Caldwell considers the quest of anthropologists.
A History of Lying by Juan Jacinto Muñoz-Rengel
Stuart Hannabuss looks for truths in a book on lies.
The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Enquiry Into Human Freedom by John Gray
Thomas R. Morgan finds John Gray a bit downbeat.
The Banshees of Inisherin
Terri Murray thinks the film perfectly captures the zeitgeist [CONTAINS SPOILERS].
Fiction
The Game of Skeptics
by Philip Burchill
