General Articles: Articles

Teleology Rises from the Grave

Stephen Asma says biology needs to understand the purpose – the ‘telos’ – of organisms and systems.
[Issue 126 :: June/July 2018]

The Original Meaning of Life

Stephen Leach and James Tartaglia investigate where the idea of the meaning of life originated.
[Issue 126 :: June/July 2018]

Philosophers At The Dog Auction

How Kim Kavin found herself considering the philosophies of Kant, Mill and Singer at America’s biggest legal dog auction.
[Issue 126 :: June/July 2018]

Why Physicalism is Wrong

Grant Bartley argues that to say the mind is physical is an abuse of language.
[Issue 126 :: June/July 2018]

Our Duty to the Dead

Stamatina Liosi enlists the help of Immanuel Kant to discover why we have a duty to treat the dead with dignity.
[Issue 126 :: June/July 2018]

G.E. Moore’s Hands

Roger Caldwell takes a sceptical look at scepticism.
[Issue 126 :: June/July 2018]

Could a Robot be Conscious?

Brian King says only if some specific conditions are met.
[Issue 125 :: April/May 2018]

Hail, Malthus!

Toni Vogel Carey on how easily and dangerously poor reasoning can become accepted wisdom.
[Issue 125 :: April/May 2018]

The Golden Rule Revisited

Paul Walker and Ally Walker wonder if the Golden Rule could be a stand-alone ethic.
[Issue 125 :: April/May 2018]

The Not So Golden Rule

Dan Flores argues that the Golden Rule can’t be followed, even in principle.
[Issue 125 :: April/May 2018]

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