Welcome to Philosophy Now
the bi-monthly magazine for everyone interested in ideas. Published since 1991, it was the winner of the 2016 Bertrand Russell Society Award. Please look around! You can read four articles free per month. To have complete access to the thousands of philosophy articles on this site
Existentialism & Life
No Hats on Sunday
Akif Rashid asks Albert Camus why so many people around him are unhappy and confused, and what to do about it.
Existentialism & Life
The Adventures of Jean-Paul Sartre
Sam Kelly says Jean-Paul Sartre was the Hunter S. Thompson of existentialism.
Kierkegaard: Young, Free & Anxious
Gary Cox considers the problematic side of freedom, from the edge of a cliff.
We’re All Existentialists Now
Greg Artus contemplates (dis)embodiment, Zoom life and social media, through the ‘Looks’ of Sartre, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty.
The Existential Yomps Of Simone de Beauvoir
Annabel Abbs follows Simone de Beauvoir’s thoughts over the horizon.
Regulars
Editorial: Existing in the World
by Rick Lewis
News: August/September 2021
Templeton supports Church, shock news • Big Data is Watching Over You • Judith Jarvis Thomson — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
What Is The Most Fundamental Value?
Our readers give their thoughts on values, each winning a valuable, if random, book.
Jonathan Edwards on Spiders
John Irish reveals the surprisingly Enlightened views of a hellfire preacher.
Taylor Swift’s Liar Paradox
With the help of renowned logician Taylor Swift, Theresa Helke introduces four fundamental paradoxes: the Liar, Epimenides’, the Truth-Teller, and the No-No.
The Stoic’s Lacuna
Alex Richardson explores the ethical cavern at the centre of Stoicism.
Would Kant Have Worn a Face Mask?
Todd Mei says yes, as a duty of practical reason.
.jpg)
Anne Conway (1631-1679)
Jonathan Head looks at the life and thoughts of an early animal equaliser.
Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Listening
by Matt Qvortrup
.jpg)
Philosophical Haiku: Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998)
by Terence Green
Philosophy Then: Existentialism Comes to Iran
Peter Adamson and Hanif Amin Beidokhti on Persian cross-cultural interpretations.
Tallis in Wonderland: The Riddle of the Sphincter
Raymond Tallis reflects on embodiment.
Reviews
Just Deserts: Debating Free Will by Daniel C. Dennett & Gregg D. Caruso
Stuart Jeffries considers the moral implications of a (possible) lack of free will.
Good Sport by Thomas H. Murray
Dan Ray asks why drugs cannot be a part of good sport.
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristen R. Ghodsee
Amber Edwards surveys the position of women under socialism.
Brimstone and Treacle
Thomas R. Morgan notes a diabolical, and angelic, case of anti-realism.
Fiction
Freedom & Responsibility
Cora Cruz finds that sometimes you have to take both.
