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Death in a Shallow Pond by David Edmonds

Dylan Neri on Singer’s ‘drowning child’ thought experiment.
[Issue 172: February/March 2026]

Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me by Edith Hall

Manisha Sarade on suicide’s meaning for the Greeks and for us.
[Issue 172: February/March 2026]

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Friendship

Elaine Coburn dips into different understandings of friendship.
[Issue 171: December 2025 / January 2026]

Civic Solitude by Robert Talisse

John B. Min ponders temporarily stepping away from people for the sake of political understanding.
[Issue 171: December 2025 / January 2026]

Medicine Wheel for the Planet by Jennifer Grenz

Lucy Weir takes a wheel of healing for an intellectual spin.
[Issue 170: October/November 2025]

The Roots of Equality by Lantz Miller

Frederik Kaufman examines a theory of the origins of equality.
[Issue 170: October/November 2025]

Irreducible by Federico Faggin

Frank S. Robinson doubts a holistic vision of life, the universe, and everything.
[Issue 170: October/November 2025]

Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John Gray

We follow mammal’s search for meaning, as Mark Vorobej savages John Gray’s book of impractical cat philosophy.
[Issue 169: August/September 2025]

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos and Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson

B.V.E. Hyde ponders the point of Jordan Peterson.
[Issue 169: August/September 2025]

Liberalism as a Way of Life by Alexandre Lefebvre

We search for freedom this issue, as Kevin Currie points out the many varieties of liberalism.
[Issue 168: June/July 2025]