Issue 62: Fail Again, Fail Better

Are We Doomed to Fail?

The modern return of Calvinist thinking.

Costica Bradatan

Article

Why Schools Must Give Up the Myth of Success

Education should teach us how to survive.

Aislinn O'Donnell

Article

Does Pessimism Have a Future?

Four philosophers on drawing comfort from despair.

Eugene Thacker

Article

What Michelangelo’s David Can Teach Us About Radical Politics

Marx vs Adorno on demanding the impossible without being a political failure

Enzo Rossi

Article

Issue 61: The Return of the Ritual

Lost Ceremonies

Could rituals help reconnect us with the world?

Alison Milbank

Article

To Gift or Not to Gift? A Philosopher's Dilemma

Give your loved ones a priceless gift: attention.

Skye C. Cleary

Article

Subversive Rituals – How I Become A Drag Queen

The LGBTQ+ community has been denied access to rituals so they created their own.

Domenick Scudera

Article

Christmas - the Orgy of Stuff

We like our Christmas heavy on consumption, and light on religion. How did we get here and what should we do about it?

Scott Lowe

Article

Could ritual spaces encourage collaboration?

How do rituals transform the spaces we inhabit?

Sigurd Bergmann

Article

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Being in the Digital World

Husserl, Heidegger, and your digital habits.

Doug Mann

Article

The Transcendent Necessity of Rituals

Is the desire for rituals what makes us human?

Mark Vernon

Article

Can rituals save us from loneliness?

Where can we find meaning in a materialist world?

Alastair McIntosh

Article

Issue 60: Authenticity

What is authentic love? Simone de Beauvoir's View

Authentic love requires independence and equality.

Kate Kirkpatrick

Article

Travels with Heidegger

Can authenticity really be attained far from home?

Robert Shepherd

Article

Authenticity, Alienation and Privilege

Do the privileged confront alienation differently?

Enzo Rossi

Article

Authenticity and Modernity

How can we account for the contradictory and elusive nature of authenticity?

Andrew Bowie

Article

Can plastic surgery make you more authentic?

Women with cosmetic surgery are not deluded victims but autonomous beings.

Luna Dolezal

Article

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The Paradox of Authenticity

What is the future of this contested concept?

Alessandro Ferrara

Article

Sincerity and Superstars

What does authenticity mean for performers?

Jeanette Bicknell

Article

Should I kill myself or have a cup of coffee?

The Stoics and Existentialists agree on the answer

Skye C. Cleary

Article

Issue 59: Gravity

Issue 59: Gravity

What makes gravity so elusive?

Article

Gravity: The Story So Far

What happens when we try to explain gravity?

George Ellis

Article

Is Space-Time Fluid?

Is space not as immaterial as we thought?

Sabine Hossenfelder

Article

Gravity: The Popper Problem

Does Einstein's theory fall short of good science?

David Merritt

Article

Newton's Leap

How did Newton decipher a mystery others couldn't?

Andrew Janiak

Article

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The Riddle of Gravity

How have different theories developed over time?

Don Howard

Article

Beyond Dark Matter

Could Mordehai Milgrom help us detect dark matter?

Marcel Pawlowski

Article

Gravity and the Dark Side of Science

Anti-gravity does not exist. Or does it?

Valia Allori

Article