Themed Articles

Medieval Islam & the Nature of God

Musa Mumtaz meditates on two maverick medieval Muslim metaphysicians.
[Issue 165: December 2024 / January 2025]

Plato’s Cave & Social Media

Seán Radcliffe asks, has Plato’s Allegory of the Cave been warning us of social media for 2,400 years?
[Issue 165: December 2024 / January 2025]

Trolls, Skeptics & Philosophers

Rosemary Twomey questions our online epistemology.
[Issue 165: December 2024 / January 2025]

From Birds To Brains

Jonathan Moens considers whether emergence can explain minds from brains.
[Issue 164: October/November 2024]

Mary Leaves Her Room

Nigel Hems asks, does Mary see colours differently outside her room?
[Issue 164: October/November 2024]

Love & Metaphysics

Peter Graarup Westergaard explains why love is never just physical, with the aid of Donald Davidson’s anomalous monism.
[Issue 164: October/November 2024]

Iain McGilchrist’s Naturalized Metaphysics

Rogério Severo looks at the brain to see the world anew.
[Issue 164: October/November 2024]

Managing the Mind

Roger Haines contemplates how we consciously manage our minds.
[Issue 164: October/November 2024]

We’re as Smart as the Universe Gets

James Miles argues, among other things, that E.T. will be like Kim Kardashian, and that the real threat of advanced AI has been misunderstood.
[Issue 164: October/November 2024]

Freedom & State Intervention

Audren Layeux follows the doomed quest for state emancipation of the self.
[Issue 163: August/September 2024]

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