Authors

Author: "Chad Trainer"

Looking for Theophrastus by Laura Beatty

Chad Trainer hunts for a lost thinker.
[Issue 159: December 2023 / January 2024: Books]

The Monarchy of Fear by Martha Nussbaum

Chad Trainer explores the politics of fear with Martha Nussbaum.
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023: Books]

Fellow Creatures by Christine Korsgaard

Chad Trainer asks whether animals should be considered moral ‘ends in themselves’.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020: Books]

War: An Enquiry by A.C. Grayling

Chad Trainer muses on A.C. Grayling’s modern perspective on war.
[Issue 130: February/March 2019: Books]

Against All Gods by A.C. Grayling

Chad Trainer ponders A.C. Grayling’s assertion that religion is in its death throes.
[Issue 91: July/August 2012: Books]

The Merits of the Milesians

Chad Trainer seeks out the causes of the birth of Western philosophy.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008: Articles]

Treason To Truth: The Myths Of Plato

Chad Trainer says Plato betrayed philosophy by resorting to mythology.
[Issue 62: July/August 2007: Articles]

Finding a Philosophy in Leonardo

Chad Trainer on Leonardo da Vinci as a philosopher.
[Issue 50: March/April 2005: Medieval Philosophy]

Earth to Russell

Chad Trainer on the limits of Russell’s views on space exploration.
[Issue 40: March/April 2003: Articles]