Tag: "culture & society"

The Acceptable Face of Philosophy

David Archard asks what compromises philosophers should be prepared to make in order that their ideas will be listened to.
[Issue 95: March/April 2013: Philosophy and Public Life]

Total Recall

Antony Tomlinson recalls Nozick’s Experience Machine.
[Issue 95: March/April 2013: Films]

Defending the Indefensible?

Phil Badger explores controversial issues at the heart of liberalism.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012: Articles]

Language: The Cultural Tool by Daniel Everett

Antony Tomlinson discusses the language culture of Daniel Everett.
[Issue 92: September/October 2012: Books]

Crazy (or What Is It Like to be Batty?*)

by Joel Marks
[Issue 91: July/August 2012: Ethical Episodes]

The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant

Nick Bostrom tells us a philosophical parable about death.
[Issue 89: March/April 2012: Death & Morality]

Doctor Who and Philosophy

Massimo Pigliucci searches time and space to reveal the philosophy of Dr Who.
[Issue 89: March/April 2012: Books]

You Chemical Scum, You

Raymond Tallis engages with the dregs of philosophy.
[Issue 89: March/April 2012: Tallis in Wonderland]

The Five Horrorists

Tim Delaney foresees five threats to sustaining global civilization.
[Issue 88: January/February 2012: Sustainability]

Marshall McLuhan on the Mobile Phone

Peter Benson sees a prophet’s message come to fulfilment through net and cell.
[Issue 87: November/December 2011: Articles]

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