Themed Articles

Peace, Love, & Happiness

Andrew Fiala asks if it’s possible to have all three at once.
[Issue 105: November/December 2014]

The “Ugliest of Things”?

Anja Steinbauer considers some criticisms of pacifists and pacifism.
[Issue 105: November/December 2014]

Philosophy’s Roots and Branches

Will Bouwman on how Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Parmenides & Zeno established empiricism, maths & logic as dominant features of Western thinking.
[Issue 104: September/October 2014]

Democritus: Empirical Rationalist

Chris Christensen argues that two basic philosophical opposites were harmoniously united in the thought of Democritus (460-370 BC).
[Issue 104: September/October 2014]

Ataraxia in the Age of Too Much Information

Eric Scheske considers the link between Pyrrho of Elis and internet culture.
[Issue 104: September/October 2014]

How To Be A Cynic

Roger Caldwell contemplates the life and thinking of Diogenes the Dog.
[Issue 104: September/October 2014]

Epicurus & Job

Benjamin Kerstein explores an ancient faultline in Western thinking and modern culture by comparing the philosophies of Epicurus and Job.
[Issue 104: September/October 2014]

Wittgenstein,Tolstoy and the Folly of Logical Positivism

Stuart Greenstreet explains how analytical philosophy got into a mess.
[Issue 103: July/August 2014]

The Tractatus… is it so intractable?

Carlos Muñoz-Suárez guides us on a trip down the linguistic rabbit hole.
[Issue 103: July/August 2014]

“The world is all that is the case”

José Zalabardo investigates which problem Wittgenstein is trying to solve.
[Issue 103: July/August 2014]

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