Sarah Lane Ritchie asks, does a scientific explanation for the felt experience of spiritual realities explain them away?
The Skeptic: Tennis Anyone?
Wendy M. Grossman on what all the racket is about.
Why Honor Matters: a review
Dan Demetriou reviews Why Honor Matters, by Tamler Sommers.
The Bright Side of Memory Errors
Katherine Puddifoot and Lisa Bortolotti argue that what makes us go wrong can also enable us to gain knowledge.
Michel de Montaigne: a snapshot
The life and work of Michel de Montaigne, inventor of the essay in its modern form.
Philosophy in Spaaaace!
Kelly C. Smith asks, What is Astrobiology and Why Should We Care?
Issue 82: introduction from the editor
Sometimes there’s something perversely good about being inconvenienced. That’s an old thought to have, or anyway a thought sometimes had by old people, complaining about some irritating feature of the modern world which is delighted in by the young. But maybe it’s made fresh by new facts about our digital lives. I recently bumped into […]
What is a Question
Lani Watson on a project that’s revealed some unexpected answers.
Summer 2018 News
Charlotte Knowles plumbs the shallows of Kanye West’s philosophy.
Believing Lies
C. G. Prado argues that “facts” are now simply shared opinions.
Philosophy Through Fiction
Most people will never read a philosophy essay or book, but they will probably encounter it in philosophical fiction – it’s everywhere, from blockbusters to best-selling novels. If you think philosophers should have a hearing in the wider world, that’s one important reason (though not the only reason) for philosophers to consider writing their own […]
Conversation
In this illuminating exchange, Sir Richard Sorabji and Michael Puett discuss the Chinese and Greek traditions — and much else.