Sebastian Sunday Grève calls on us to decide what kind of life with machines we want.
Nietzsche
Issue 93: introduction from the editor
Philosophy is a lot of things, but it’s also mostly talking. Think of the paradigm case: Socrates and the corrupted youth, all in togas, dust hanging in the air, the sun in their eyes. They’re not meditating. There are no test tubes. They might be drinking tea, gesturing, shaking their heads, furrowing their brows, but […]
Simply Nietzsche: a review
Review by Maudemarie Clark and Andrew Winer.
Issue 91 Reviews: introduction
The new books we feature in this issue do important things for their readers, but three completely different things. John Kaag’s new book Sick Souls, Healthy Minds is an outright self-helpish account of “how William James can save your life.” Our reviewer, Tess Varner, says she enjoyed it so much she had bought copies for […]
What Satire Can Do For Us: Coping Not Curing
Dieter Declercq draws on Nietzsche, Hume, and Pascal to explain how satire addresses the difficulties of changing the world.
Who is a Meaning of Life For?
Elijah Millgram scouts some answers and counsels caution.
The Logic of Nihilism
Nolen Gertz explains how nihilism might conquer the world, and what it means for democracy
All Good Things Laugh
Michael Hauskeller considers Nietzsche on the death of God and the birth of the superhuman.
Issue 86: introduction from the editor
In 1882, Nietzsche wrote, “God is dead”, adding, in case you had hopes for another timely resurrection, “God remains dead.” You can quibble about what he meant, but at the very least the idea is that the Enlightenment put a dent in ordinary religious belief. The rise of reason, tolerance, and free-thinking at the expense […]
The Moral Argument for God’s Existence; or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Godless Morality
Erik J. Wielenberg is here to calm your fears.
Philosophy, In a Sense: We Philosophers
Constantine Sandis on us, them, Nietzsche and Wittgenstein.
Simone de Beauvoir’s Ethics
Shannon M. Mussett on the relevance of her thinking today.