General Articles

The Meaning of a Good Life

Following the sad news of Alasdair MacIntyre’s death recently, AmirAli Maleki argues that he and Miskawayh al-Razi shared a similarly Aristotelian vision of the way to live.
[Issue 169: August/September 2025]

What Makes A Work Of Art Great?

Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to all the entrants not included.
[Issue 169: August/September 2025]

Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995)

Robin Attfield looks at the life of a dedicated promoter of African philosophy.
[Issue 169: August/September 2025]

Welcome to the Civilization of the Liar’s Paradox

Slavoj Žižek uncovers political paradoxes of lying.
[Issue 168: June/July 2025]

What Simone de Beauvoir Got – And Didn’t Get – About Motherhood

Nura Hossainzadeh argues that motherhood is both physical and transcendent.
[Issue 168: June/July 2025]

Young & Meaningful

Elise Beal notes a Japanese philosophy of finding pleasure in the small things, and matches it with an online trend.
[Issue 168: June/July 2025]

Anand Vaidya (1976-2024)

Manjula Menon on the short but full career of a ‘disciplinary trespasser’.
[Issue 168: June/July 2025]

The Philosophy of Pain

Vikky Leaney says pain is a problem even (or especially) when we can’t see it.
[Issue 167: April/May 2025]

Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray

Colin Stott contemplates Macmurray’s reunifying thinking.
[Issue 167: April/May 2025]

The Importance of Nature for Thought

Gerardo Posada considers some of the philosophical benefits of green spaces.
[Issue 167: April/May 2025]

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