Philosophy Now

Philosophy Now is a magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It isn't afraid to tackle all the major questions of life, the universe and everything. It tries to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics. It contains articles on all aspects of philosophy, plus book reviews, film reviews, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

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News • Jobs bonanza as AI companies recruit philosophers Researchers learn to ‘unwrap’ charred philosophy scrolls from Herculaneum

Philosophy Shorts

Hustle Culture & the Illusion of Freedom •  Daneyal Afaqui critiques modern work culture, with input from Theodor Adorno.

SiMON & FiNN

Simone Weil & Animal Suffering • Michela Dianetti & Chiara Li Mandri say non-human beings don’t need to be persons for us to care about them. Simone Weil offers another way.

Philosophical Haiku

Why Classical Liberals Should Embrace Foucault • Muzainy Shahiefisally argues that Foucault really is on the side of freedom.

Just Desserts

The Strength of Quiet Rebellion • T.S. Carney on Ernst Jünger and internal sovereignty.

Fun With Deleuze & Guattari • DE Tarkington offers some cool conceptual tricks to impress your friends at parties.

The Simulacrum Conceals, or Time Beguiles?

What is Analytic Philosophy? • Alexander Jeuk analyses philosophical analysis with a philosophical eye.

BOREDOM •  Cheryl Fok searches for the source, and its relief.

What is Human Experience? Psychology vs Philosophy • Ayten Nevzat watches philosophy give birth to a science.

Just War Theory • Keith Tidman thinks the world’s bristling arsenals and proneness to wars makes it all the more urgent.

Philosophy Café

Between Missiles & Morality •  AmirAli Maleki considers Hart, al-Farabi, and the Puzzled Man in wartime.

On War, Kabbalah & Collateral Damage • Anton Koslov takes a concept from the Kabbalah to understand the nature of war.

Interview • Ulrich Metschl is an associate professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Thiago Pinho talks with him about philosophical collaborations.

Julian the Apostate (331-363) • Eli Sclar reports on a weaponizer of tolerance.

Letters • When inspiration strikes, don’t bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!

The Diversity of Morals • Philip Badger considers Steven Lukes’ views about the diversity of morality, and Peter Benson marvels at Carlo Rovelli’s relational quantum theory. In Classics, we look at the book that got Baruch Spinoza barred from his synagogue.

Helgoland

Tractatus Theologico-Politicus

WUTHERING HEIGHTS • Michael Au-Mullaney on K.E. Løgstrup on love.

Cicero & the Value of Skepticism • Massimo Pigliucci is not skeptical about skepticism itself.

Martin Heidegger & the Evaporation of Freedom • Raymond Tallis watches freedom disappear in a puff of Heideggerian smoke.

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The Day of Ashes •  Adam Farnsworth visits a future that reveres the philosophy of Georges Bataille.