What’s the connection between Martin Heideggger, Plato, Ted Nugent and Hank Williams? A metaphysical concern with being, suggests Simon Walter in the second of his unlikely series – “Unlikely Philosophy – Philosophical Ideas in Disguise.”
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Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein: a review
Naoyuki Shiono discusses The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein.
Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard: a review
Zhou Li-Yang reviews the Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard.
Everybody’s Philosophical Counselling
Shlomit Schuster explains why philosophical counselling is a practice for everybody.
Pax Nabisco: On the Future of Philosophical Counselling
Lou Marinoff offers a cautiously optimistic prognosis of the future of philosophical practice.
Can Computers Ever Be Conscious?
Iain MacNaughton considers the major arguments in the philosophy of artificial intelligence.
The Moral Imperative to Rebel Against God
How can we reconcile a belief in a good God with the abundant suffering and evil that confronts us? Peter Fosl tries to answer the question by developing an argument from Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.
Chance or Design? The Teleological Argument
The first essay in a series examining classic problems in the philosophy of religion. Roy Ahmed-Jackson looks at the Teleological Argument.
Visiting a Café Philosophique
Joseph Chandler samples the fare on offer at a London Café Philosophique – and comes away not overly impressed.
Conference Briefing: Aristotle’s Forms in this World?
Claude Pearson shows how Aristotle thought the world of Forms was redundant.
The Rediscovery of Aesthetics: a review
Michael Proudfoot welcomes the renewed interest in Aesthetics and assesses tow new introductions to the subject.
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind: a review
Bo Klintberg reads about quantum physics, mathematics, cosmology, and the human mind – and enjoys it.