Themed Articles

Get Real

Paul Doolan reveals that the real problem with ‘the real world’ is knowing what ‘real’ really means.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021]

Against Direct Realism

Paul Griffiths argues that modern metaphysics is taking a wrong turn.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021]

Coronavirus, Correlation & Causation

Martin Jenkins uses the virus to test our knowledge of causation.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021]

Buddhist Metaphysics

Brian Morris describes four varieties of Buddhist metaphysics, and questions whether they can form one coherent system of thought.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021]

Is Mathematics in the Fabric of the Universe?

Adrian Brockless unravels the threads.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021]

So You Think There are Laws in Nature?

Eleni Angelou eavesdrops on a conversation between a Believer and a Sceptic.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021]

The Adventures of Jean-Paul Sartre

Sam Kelly says Jean-Paul Sartre was the Hunter S. Thompson of existentialism.
[Issue 145 :: August/September 2021]

Kierkegaard: Young, Free & Anxious

Gary Cox considers the problematic side of freedom, from the edge of a cliff.
[Issue 145 :: August/September 2021]

We’re All Existentialists Now

Greg Artus contemplates (dis)embodiment, Zoom life and social media, through the ‘Looks’ of Sartre, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty.
[Issue 145 :: August/September 2021]

The Existential Yomps Of Simone de Beauvoir

Annabel Abbs follows Simone de Beauvoir’s thoughts over the horizon.
[Issue 145 :: August/September 2021]

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