Constantine Sandis on tolerance and traditions.
Regulars
Issue 86 Thoughts: introduction
Issue 86.
Vaccination
Wendy M. Grossman on giving it a shot.
A Night of Doom and Glee
Jean Kazez discovers that discussing the end of the world doesn’t have to be depressing.
Spring 2019 News
Charlotte Knowles on debates about controversial speakers.
Issue 85: introduction from the editor
“Yeah, but what do you actually do?” In addition to slightly pained expressions, that’s the kind of answer you get when you tell someone you’re a philosopher, or a bit less grandly, someone who teaches or writes philosophy. It’s different from a nearby question which gets all the headlines: “What is philosophy?” Fair question, but […]
Issue 89: introduction from the editor
An introduction to this 89th edition of The Philosophers’ Magazine, from editor-at-large James Garvey.
Issue 85 Thoughts: introduction
Issue 85.
Philosophy, In a Sense
Constantine Sandis watches his language.
Winter 2019 News
Charlotte Knowles reports on the latest in “Grievance Studies”.
Free Solo
Jean Kazez on a film that might make you climb the walls.
Issue 84 Thoughts: introduction
Would you take a pill that gives you a cognitive edge over others? It turns out you can, and many people do, take such things as Ritalin and Adderall to do better on college exams. It’s easy to imagine moral arguments against this kind of thing — it’s unfair or causes unnecessary harm — but […]