Author: "Tim Madigan"

Good Grief!

Tim Madigan ponders the philosophy of Peanuts.
[Issue 172: February/March 2026: Articles]

The Centennial of the Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial

Tim Madigan on the creation and the evolution of a legend.
[Issue 169: August/September 2025: Articles]

The Fire This Time

Tim Madigan on Ray Bradbury, Bertrand Russell and Fahrenheit 451.
[Issue 166: February/March 2025: Articles]

Sarah Bakewell, popular author of engaging books about exciting ideas, chats with Tim Madigan about Iris Murdoch, Montaigne, the meaning of hope, humanism, fallibility, and her own life, among other topics.
[Issue 164: October/November 2024: Interview]

Land of Saints & Scholars

by Tim Madigan
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Editorial]

Thomas Duddy & Irish Philosophy

Tim Madigan travels through time to seek the essential nature of Irish thought.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Irish Philosophy]

Frankenstein Lives!

Tim Madigan considers the core philosophical themes of the long-lived novel.
[Issue 128: October/November 2018: Frankenstein & Philosophy]

Kathryn Harkup

Tim Madigan meets the author of Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
[Issue 128: October/November 2018: Interview]

Aristotle on Forming Friendships

Tim Madigan and Daria Gorlova explain Aristotle’s understanding of good friends and tell us why we need them.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018: Friendship]

Russell Now!

by Tim Madigan
[Issue 120: June/July 2017: Editorial]