Issue 48: Reality Bites

Reality Bites

Is experience just a creative response to reality?

Editorial

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Friston vs Brogaard: Down the Rabbit Hole - part 1

Is experience real, or a construct of the brain?

Karl Friston

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Friston vs Brogaard: Down the Rabbit Hole - part 2

HEAD TO HEAD: If we cannot trust our senses, where does this leave our beliefs?

Berit Brogaard

Article

The Philosopher and the Ocean

Philosophy claims to be a dynamic force, challenging our basic assumptions. But how?

Rufus Duits

Article

Beauty Bites Back

Beauty is boring. The evidence is piling up.

Stephen Bayley

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The Human Compass

What causes extremism? Is the answer in all of us?

Janne Teller

Article

Being Free and Making Choices

Does the state save us from ourselves?

Julian Le Grand

Article

Issue 47: Life, Meaning and Morality

Life, Meaning and Morality

What is meaning and morality's place in our lives?

Editorial

Article

Beyond Words

We use language every day - why do we distrust it?

Emma Borg

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The Kingdom of Speech

Language evolved with us. What are its limits?

Daniel Everett

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Terrorism and the Truth

Has rhetoric outstripped reality?

John Lloyd

Article

Imagining Reality

Does imagination encourage or impede progress?

Dylan Evans

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Return of the Pagans

Is Paganism a new haven for spirituality?

Eileen Barker

Article

How To Be Good

Could Plato help us understand the joys of virtue?

Mark Vernon

Article

Issue 46: The Ends of Philosophy

The Ends of Philosophy

Is philosophy in need of a rethink?

Editorial

Article

Art, Philosophy, and Truth

Can art help philosophy ask more vital questions?

Andrew Bowie

Article

Diekemper vs Barbour: The Dance of Time - part 3

We need philosophy to grasp the concept of time.

Joseph Diekemper

Article

Diekemper vs Barbour: The Dance of Time - part 4

Science will always supersede philosophy.

Julian Barbour

Article

Hidden Desires and Secret Thoughts

Has neuroscience superseded psychoanalysis?

Richard Bentall

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Wilful Blindness

Is ignorance a choice? If so, who does it protect?

Margaret Heffernan

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Guns and Butter

Is global power now about economic strength?

Rana Mitter

Article

Issue 45: Time's Arrow

Time's Arrow

Are space and time simply human fantasy?

Editorial

Article

Diekemper vs Barbour: The Dance of Time - part 1

The present is a border between past and future.

Joseph Diekemper

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Diekemper vs Barbour: The Dance of Time - part 2

Arguing about past and future misses what matters.

Julian Barbour

Article

Forgetting To Be Me

Why is memory so vital for our sense of self?

Angie Hobbs

Article

Sorell vs Rowlands: Morality Beyond Humanity - part 3

Moral philosophy must resist anthropocentrism.

Tom Sorell

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Sorell vs Rowlands: Morality Beyond Humanity - part 4

Anthropocentrism is an obsession of yesterday.

Mark Rowlands

Article

The Female Fantasy

Exploring the feminine in Austen and Woolf.

Malcolm Guite

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