Issue 88: A Divided World

The tyranny of progress

Stability is not stagnation

Felix Ringel

Article

Life and death: Poe and Kierkegaard

The dreadful allure of Edgar Allan

J. Gerald Kennedy

Article

Savouring the silence

The virtue of doing not very much

Kate McLoughlin

Article

The fallacy of trust

Disaster and disease won't alter the human condition

Silvia Camporesi

Article

Populism and pandemic

Actions and outcomes laid bare

Tobias Stone

Article

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Partisan worlds

Left and right don't occupy different realities

Neil Levy

Article

The strange allure of borders

Why are we drawn to what divides us?

Emily Thomas

Article

An impending crisis for young minds

Young people's mental health must be a priority

Bernadka Dubicka

Article

A universe of nothingness

The mathematical fabric of reality

Peter Atkins

Article

Issue 87: Philosophy in a pandemic

The benefits of doing nothing

Lessons from Freud on Covid-19 burnout

Josh Cohen

Article

The Plague, Camus, and hope

Overcoming absurdity during a pandemic

Stephen Beale

Article

Urgent and immediate danger

Lockdown could be our planet’s last chance

Caroline Hickman

Article

Bezos, billionaires and the problem with big philanthropy

From coronavirus to climate change: why the rich can’t save the world

Linsey McGoey

Article

When virtual becomes reality

How is Covid-19 affecting the way we relate to the world

Elaine Kasket

Article

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Western arrogance in the face of Covid-19

Does the rejection of masks have racist roots?

Anita Ho

Article

China's ideological ghosts

How Confucianism and communism have guided China's Covid-19 response

Rana Mitter

Article

The attraction of apocalypse

The philosophy of our fascination with disaster

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How to do the right thing in a pandemic

The precautionary principle can save lives

Rupert Read

Article

Issue 86: Experiencing consciousness - why does it feel so r

Materialism will be mocked

Every generation scorns the ideas of reality that came before it

Bernardo Kastrup

Article

The demystification of consciousness

Illusionists don’t deny that consciousness exists, but propose that we rethink what it is

Keith Frankish

Article

The bogus mysteries of consciousness

Explaining the supposedly unexplainable

Peter Hacker

Article

Could consciousness be a brain process?

Dualism may not be false, but it isn't required

John Heil

Article

The question of qualities

Objects, not brain states, are the answer

Michael Tye

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Five approaches to understanding consciousness

And why collaboration trumps elimination

Ophelia Deroy

Article

Dreaming of a universal mind

How panpsychism solves the hard problem of consciousness

Philip Goff

Article

Rejecting rationalism

Emphasising ignorance disarms the hard problem of consciousness

Daniel Stoljar

Article

Materialism must be defended

Dualism is the problem, not consciousness

David Papineau

Article

Issue 85: Sex, Love and Philosophy

Lessons in Love: A Manifesto for better sex education

Netflix’s drama Sex Education is a model for what schools should be teaching

Peter Tatchell

Article

Albert Camus on love and the absurd

Absurdity may be king, but love saves us from it

Jamie Lombardi

Article

Deleuze and Guattari got the female orgasm wrong

How I still find philosophy sexy despite their ignorance

Victoria Brooks

Article

Should we treat loneliness with poetry?

Sharing realities through lyrical language

Karen Simecek

Article

The immorality of monogamy

Why we need to stop restricting our lovers

Harry Chalmers

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Dispelling the dangerous myths of love

Why the happily ever after fantasy may be harmful

Sara Protasi

Article

The Hypocrisy of Sexual Outrage

The Impossible Search For Sexual Morality

Theodore Dalrymple

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