Authors

Author: "Peter Stone"

Philip Pettit & The Birth of Ethics

Peter Stone thinks about a thought experiment about how ethics evolved.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Irish Philosophy]

The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber

We descend from the divine to the human as Peter Stone reasons about the purpose and uniqueness of human reason.
[Issue 152: October/November 2022: Books]

Why Does Inequality Matter? by T.M. Scanlon

Peter Stone gives good reasons why inequality is bad.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022: Books]

From Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel Dennett

We delve into the brain to look for the mind this issue as Peter Stone agrees with Daniel Dennett that we don’t know our own minds (or brains).
[Issue 129: December 2018 / January 2019: Books]

Decoding Chomsky by Chris Knight

Peter Stone detects an attempted literary left-wing hatchet job (an ice-pick job?) on Noam Chomsky.
[Issue 127: August/September 2018: Books]

Freedom’s Right by Axel Honneth

Peter Stone questions if it’s worthwhile trying to update Hegel’s politics without addressing his problems.
[Issue 121: August/September 2017: Books]

The Passionate Bertrand Russell

Peter Stone reveals the deep and varied passions of the analytic philosopher.
[Issue 120: June/July 2017: Bertrand Russell]

Zombie Movie Morals (I)

Peter Stone thinks zombie films are about co-operation.
[Issue 96: May/June 2013: Films]

Pi and the Movie Mind

A number of recent films deal with mathematics and mathematicians. Can we learn something from them or are they misleading? Peter Stone investigates.
[Issue 64: November/December 2007: Films]