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"The Rewilding of Philosophy": Alexander Douglas reviews "The Parmenidean Ascent" by Michael Della Rocca
"Distinctions can be made among things, but only from some or other arbitrary point of view."
Alexander Douglas
10 min read


"The Art of Nothing": An Essay by Joanna Borkowska (Keywords: Metaphysics; Creativity; Nature)
"For me, the zone of nothingness is a sacred space, a kind of pre-creative state that is essential to my work."
Joanna Borkowska
7 min read


"Epistemic Autonomy and the Free Nose Guy Problem" by Jana Bacevic (Keywords: Knowledge, Trust, Expertise)
"Is 'trust in science' just the flipside of trust in religious or, for that matter, political authority?"
Jana Bacevic
16 min read


"'Having' Children: The Choice between Procreation and Adoption" by Veromi Arsiradam and Adam Ferner (Keywords: Adoption; Parenthood; Ethics)
"Bringing a child into existence is one of the most environmentally impactful decisions anyone can make."
Veromi Arsiradam and Adam Ferner
18 min read


"Nothing Matters": An Essay by Bret W. Davis (Keywords: Zen; Kyoto School; Nihilism; Metaphysics)
"Have you ever woken up feeling like there’s no point in getting out of bed because, after all, nothing really matters?"
Bret W. Davis
29 min read


"Are We Decent Deep Down?": David Livingstone Smith reviews "Humankind" by Rutger Bregman
"A large part of human nature is our capacity to use culture to engineer human nature itself, for good or for ill."
David Livingstone Smith
14 min read


"On the Value of People and Animals" by Christine M. Korsgaard (Keywords: Kant; Singer; Ethics)
"What could justify this difference between the way we treat human beings and the way we treat the other animals?"
Christine Korsgaard
15 min read


"What Was 'The Animal'?: Ontology and its Discontents" by Cary Wolfe (Keywords: Language; Lifeworld; Derrida)
"How did human beings ever find it remotely plausible that the world is neatly riven by an ontological divide?"
Cary Wolfe
12 min read


"Beyond Bullshit Jobs": An essay by Elizabeth Anderson (Keywords: Work Ethic; Max Weber; David Graeber)
This is an edited transcript of a talk Professor Anderson gave at an event organized by The Philosopher at Conway Hall, London on 13th...
Elizabeth Anderson
14 min read


"Artificial Bodies and the Promise of Abstraction": a conversation with Peter Wolfendale (Keywords: Philosophy of Mind; Phenomenology; Embodiment)
Please can you start by saying a few things about the rise of embodiment within contemporary philosophy? It seems to me to be mainly used...
Peter Wolfendale
18 min read


"Being-in-the-Room Privilege: Elite Capture and Epistemic Deference" by Olúfémi O. Táíwò
"Deference epistemology responds to real, morally weighty experiences of being put down, ignored, sidelined, or silenced."
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
17 min read


"Intercorporeality and Social Distancing": An Essay by Luna Dolezal (Keywords: Phenomenology; Embodiment; Technology; Frantz Fanon)
Image © Megan Diddie As the coronavirus pandemic has made a swift advance across Europe, most of us have found ourselves engaging in the...
Luna Dolezal
14 min read
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