Essays, interviews and ideas from New Philosopher.
Zan Boag: When you first started out making decisions about what you were going to do with your life, you had to make a difficult choice as a young student: law or philosophy. You chose law but then…
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What is your demon? Misanthropy. Luckily I am also an introvert so I can mostly keep it obscured from view. What is the most…
A crowd descends upon parliament, or congress, or some other seat of power. Some in the crowd carry signs making demands of the government,…
1. The Imitation Game I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?" This should begin with definitions of the meaning of the terms…
“All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie, and are connected as it were by some relationship.” - Cicero …
What purpose does philosophy serve? And what are philosophers doing to ensure that philosophy remains relevant? John Searle: I don’t think philosophers should worry…
Think of the earliest memory you have. For me, it’s looking at the sea through a glass door at about the age of two…
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” - Juvenal Most people love to be praised as intelligent, generous,…
Dilemma: I like to think that I care for the environment and for the future of the planet, and I’m concerned by the potential…
Over the last few years Scott had vacationed to countries like Thailand, Nepal, Cambodia and other destinations in Asia. He hunted out new vistas…
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” - Isaac Asimov In Fear and Trembling,…
“People always said that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or…
If I were to ask people around the world what they admire, I am confident that high on the list would be two items:…