Tag: "culture & society"

Black Mirror Reflections

Terri Murray illustrates Marcuse’s critique of technologised society using an episode of the British TV series Black Mirror.
[Issue 97: July/August 2013: Television]

Eating Your Brain: 21st-Century Zombies

Rebecca Housel on terrorism, evil and Hannah Arendt.
[Issue 96: May/June 2013: Zombies & Philosophy]

Zombie Movie Morals (II)

Sarah Stone draws lessons about leadership.
[Issue 96: May/June 2013: Films]

The Art of World-Making

Mikhail Epstein sees a bright future for metaphysics in the hi-tech age.
[Issue 95: March/April 2013: Appearance and Reality]

The Acceptable Face of Philosophy

David Archard asks what compromises philosophers should be prepared to make in order that their ideas will be listened to.
[Issue 95: March/April 2013: Philosophy and Public Life]

Total Recall

Antony Tomlinson recalls Nozick’s Experience Machine.
[Issue 95: March/April 2013: Films]

Defending the Indefensible?

Phil Badger explores controversial issues at the heart of liberalism.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012: Articles]

Language: The Cultural Tool by Daniel Everett

Antony Tomlinson discusses the language culture of Daniel Everett.
[Issue 92: September/October 2012: Books]

Crazy (or What Is It Like to be Batty?*)

by Joel Marks
[Issue 91: July/August 2012: Ethical Episodes]

The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant

Nick Bostrom tells us a philosophical parable about death.
[Issue 89: March/April 2012: Death & Morality]

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