Charlotte Knowles plumbs the shallows of Kanye West’s philosophy.
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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.
The Urgent Relevance of Hannah Arendt
Richard J. Bernstein argues that she is worth reading, and rereading, in these dark times.
Philosophy for Multicultures
Owen Flanagan proposes an adventurous, expansive approach to philosophy.
The Skeptic: Lost in Translation
Wendy M. Grossman on explaining technicalities.
Issue 82 Reviews: introduction
Plato envisioned a realm of reality in which there are no mixtures. The Form of Redness is sheer redness and not at all round, and the Form of Roundness is sheer roundness, and not at all red. But in the real world things keep mixing it up. There are things that are red and round. […]
Ending Gender
Harriet Baber argues that the ideology of transgenderism is fundamentally conservative.
Coherence
The coherence theory of truth gained a strong following in the nineteenth century, partly due to the influence of Kant and Hegel, and especially in the thought of the British philosophers influenced by them, known as the British Idealists. One of its implications is that beliefs do not belong to whole systems in the way […]
The History of Philosophy Podcast
Q&A with Peter Adamson.
Alternative Theisms
Elisa Freschi on what we can learn about god by taking up different perspectives.