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"Science, Anti-Science, Pseudoscience, Truth": A Conversation with Nima Bassiri (Keywords: Authority; Trust; Liberalism; Scientism)
"The difference between the trust of science adherents and the trust of science deniers is not the form of trust but merely its content."
Nima Bassiri
17 min read


"The Publisher and the Public": An Essay by Alexandra Grant (Keywords: Art; Authorship; Freedom of Speech; Public Sphere)
"Publishing is a nearly limitless act that has the potential to build communities, expand minds, and offer new perspectives."
Alexandra Grant
8 min read


"Learning We": An Essay by Brooke A. Holmes (Keywords: Classical Education; Pedagogy; Crisis; National Identity; Humanism; Race; 1619 Project; Fanon)
"What defines the human on which the “we” of this nation was (truly) founded?"
Brooke A. Holmes
17 min read


"Derrick Bell and Racial Realism": A conversation with Timothy Golden (Keywords: Critical Race Theory; Justice; Despair; Progress; Obama; Mass Incarceration)
"Black Americans are painfully reminded that racism has worsened since Obama’s presidency, not improved."
Timothy Golden
11 min read


"Why Misanthropy?": A Conversation with Ian James Kidd (Keywords: Human Nature; Morality; Activism; Quietism; Confucius; The Buddha)
"Depressing as it might seem, misanthropy does register a fundamental truth about humankind as it has come to be."
Ian James Kidd
17 min read


"Animals, Property, and Personhood": An Essay by Gary L. Francione (Keywords: Ethics; Animal Rights; Law; Veganism; Suffering; Anthropocentrism)
We may think of animals as having moral value. But, because they are property, they don’t have moral value. They are just thing."
Gary L. Francione
21 min read


Frantz Fanon’s "The Wretched of the Earth": a conversation with Lewis R. Gordon (Keywords: Violence; Race; Dehumanisation; Psychoanalysis; Intersubjectivity; Poetry)
"Fanon himself hated violence. But what he hated more was complicity with violence through a refusal to act."
Lewis R. Gordon
10 min read


"Five Ways to Read Byung-Chul Han": An Essay by Robert Wyllie and Steven Knepper (Keywords: Hyperculture; Burnout; Zen Buddhism; Social Critique; Beauty; Continental Philosophy)
"Han implies that philosophy is not for professional philosophers but for everyone, so that we can better understand our exhausting times."
Robert Wyllie and Steven Knepper
19 min read


"On Cancelling and Repair": An essay by Mary Peterson (Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Restorative Justice;Carceral Feminism; himpathy;Trauma;Universities)
How can universities address sexual misconduct while fostering justice for survivors and fair accountability for perpetrators? This essay critiques the tensions between abolitionist and carceral feminisms, using examples like Colin McGinn’s reflections on "cancellation" to explore entitlement and the challenges of restorative justice. Arguing for meaningful repair led by perpetrators, Peterson warns against institutional "himpathy" that often prioritizes perpetrators' comfort
Mary Peterson
10 min read


"The Philosophy of Parenting: Ambivalence in an Age of Choice": Adam Ferner reviews What Are Children For?: On Ambivalence and Choice by Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman (Macmillan, 2024)
"Irrespective of philosophical arguments, babies will still be born. Many of these babies will find themselves alone and in need of parents"
Adam Ferner
9 min read


"Metaphorizing Animals": An Essay by Heather King (Keywords: Animals; Art; Literature; Selfhood)
"What sort of selves do literary works create? More broadly still, what kinds of selves does any manner of artwork create?"
Heather King
7 min read


"Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition": A conversation with Samantha Rose Hill (Keywords: Violence; Technology; Alienation; Freedom; Democracy)
"How do we think about a new political imaginary that is connected to, yet distinct from, technology?"
Samantha Rose Hill
11 min read
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