General Articles: Articles

Dogmas

Sandy Grant dares to doubt them.
[Issue 127: August/September 2018]

Free Will in the Age of Neuromodulation

Nayef Al-Rodhan explores some of the implications of our increasing ability to chemically and technologically alter our moods and thoughts.
[Issue 127: August/September 2018]

The Ultimate Tranquilizer

Maria Karvouni introduces an Epicurean state of mind.
[Issue 127: August/September 2018]

Indigenous Philosophies

Miguel van der Velden invites us to consider the philosophical ideas of the world’s many Indigenous communities.
[Issue 127: August/September 2018]

Teleology Rises from the Grave

Stephen Asma says biology needs to understand the purpose – the ‘telos’ – of organisms and systems.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018]

The Original Meaning of Life

Stephen Leach and James Tartaglia investigate where the idea of the meaning of life originated.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018]

Philosophers At The Dog Auction

How Kim Kavin found herself considering the philosophies of Kant, Mill and Singer at America’s biggest legal dog auction.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018]

Why Physicalism is Wrong

Grant Bartley argues that to say the mind is physical is an abuse of language.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018]

Our Duty to the Dead

Stamatina Liosi enlists the help of Immanuel Kant to discover why we have a duty to treat the dead with dignity.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018]

G.E. Moore’s Hands

Roger Caldwell takes a sceptical look at scepticism.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018]

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