General Articles

Mill, Free Speech & Social Media

Nevin Chellappah asks whether John Stuart Mill’s famous account of free speech is still sustainable in the age of Twitter.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022]

Digital Freedom

Roberta Fischli & Thomas Beschorner argue that our digital future is not preprogrammed: it’s about time we start thinking about what it should look like.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022]

Was Spinoza Actually An Atheist?

Kenneth Novis says the case hinges on how you define ‘God’.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022]

Daisetsu Suzuki (1870-1966)

Brian Morris contemplates the ‘ultimate reality’ of a Zen Buddhist philosopher.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022]

How Do You Change Someone’s Mind?

Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the entrants not included.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022]

The Enticing Light of Progress

Helena Moradi asks if the promise of pure progress is problematic.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

Advertising is Immoral

Peter Gildenhuys says many adverts are saturated with sophistry.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

Gender as Biological Fact vs Gender as Social Construction

Francisco Javier Camacho Jr asks, what difference does it make?
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

Zhuangzi, Language & Gender

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein asks what Daoist sages might have thought about PC.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

Wittgenstein Plays Snooker

Peter Mullen reproduces part of Wittgenstein’s lost work, Bemerkungen Uber Die Grundsätzlichkeit Des Snooker.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

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