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 • Nussbaum wins Kluge Prize Edgar Morin dead at 104 Dundee Philosophy fights back AI’s plan to enslave humanity continues

Philosophy Shorts

Causation: A History • Peter Keeble causes us to think about causation.

Moral Train-ing

‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’ • Andrew Brenner tries to make sense of the question.

EXISTENTIAL COMICS • A strip by Corey Mohler on metaphysics and what the world is made of.

Classical Indian & Modern Scientific Metaphysics • Mansi Tripathi hosts a trialogue.

The Nature of Reality • Simon Everson says Immanuel Kant can help with quantum mechanics.

What is Metaphysics? • Sajid Bijapure asks what it does, and what it might do in the future.

Chair Ontology

Does Feminism Need More Than Liberalism? • Vanessa Yeung considers feminist responses to Rawlsian liberalism.

To Philosophize is to Learn How to Say Goodbye • Scott F. Parker reflects on philosophy as a preparation for death.

When Truth Loses its Witnesses • Mohsen Askari on why not all political narratives should be treated as equal.

In Defence of Hope • Sam Nuttall hopes to defend it with the help of Gabriel Marcel and Ernst Bloch.

SiMON + FiNN

Fraudulent Hope? • Alice Figes agrees with Ernst Bloch that hope can build worlds or destroy them, and philosophy’s task is to tell the difference.

Günther Anders (1902-1992) • Clive Webb on how Anders warned humanity about the moral costs of technological progress.

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

How to Make the World Intelligible • Massimo Pigliucci on a couple of ancient ways of doing so.

Books • Roger Caldwell considers Charles Taylor’s philosophical thoughts on poetry, Charles Repp questions a slightly vague revolutionary vision, and Helios Selvan looks back at what made ancient Greek culture distinctive.

Against the Machine

Why The Ancient Greeks Matter

ROBOCOP • Alessandro Colarossi holds a sci-fi mirror up to AI.

On Being (Un)Remembered • Raymond Tallis contemplates the end of all things Tallis.

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Kasia Muzyka • discusses painting the unspoken and recovering the sacred in life through art.

The Returners from the Great Ocean • Ayat Aziz As-selwi tells of a deep quest.

Philosophical Haiku • Robert Nozick (1938–2002)