General Articles

Was Spinoza Actually An Atheist?

Kenneth Novis says the case hinges on how you define ‘God’.
[Issue 151 :: August/September 2022]

Daisetsu Suzuki (1870-1966)

Brian Morris contemplates the ‘ultimate reality’ of a Zen Buddhist philosopher.
[Issue 151 :: August/September 2022]

How Do You Change Someone’s Mind?

Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the entrants not included.
[Issue 151 :: August/September 2022]

The Enticing Light of Progress

Helena Moradi asks if the promise of pure progress is problematic.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022]

Advertising is Immoral

Peter Gildenhuys says many adverts are saturated with sophistry.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022]

Gender as Biological Fact vs Gender as Social Construction

Francisco Javier Camacho Jr asks, what difference does it make?
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022]

Zhuangzi, Language & Gender

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein asks what Daoist sages might have thought about PC.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022]

Wittgenstein Plays Snooker

Peter Mullen reproduces part of Wittgenstein’s lost work, Bemerkungen Uber Die Grundsätzlichkeit Des Snooker.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022]

Pylyp Orlyk (1672-1742)

Hilarius Bogbinder tells us about an innovative Ukrainian philosopher, democratic theorist and campaigner against tyranny.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022]

Robert Nozick’s Metaverse Machine

Lorenzo Buscicchi asks, would you plug into Mark Zuckerberg’s virtual world? He finds that the question has been considered by philosophers for decades.
[Issue 149 :: April/May 2022]

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