Extracts Computing machinery and intelligence 1. The Imitation Game I propose to consider the question, “Can machines think?” This should begin with definitions of the […] Intelligence
Being Human The age of noise “The twentieth century is, among other things, the Age of Noise. Physical noise, mental noise, and noise of desire – […] Noise
Environment Noises from the deep Around the turn of the twentieth century, an Italian physics teacher and meteorologist named Tito Alippi undertook a curious piece […] Noise
NP52 Memory digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #52, ‘Memory’. Digital access […]
Philosophy and you News from nowhere: the myth of experience We tend to assume that wisdom accumulates naturally with experience. Time passes, mistakes are made, lessons are learned, and judgment […] Wisdom
Being Human Winners of the 50 prizes for our 50th edition To celebrate the publication of our 50th edition, we’re giving away 50 prizes to subscribers, with first prize a 50-edition […] Wisdom
Society & Culture News from nowhere: Stealing the moment Many of the great artists were travellers. Gauguin travelled to the islands of Martinique and Tahiti for inspiration; Van Gogh […]
Being Human Lessons from stupidity It is unclear just how the “Man from Song” (Songren) acquired his reputation, but classical literature is replete with stories […] Wisdom
Being Human NP51 Noise digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #51, ‘Noise’. Digital access […] Noise
News NFN: To see or not to see “So to arrange things that the surveillance is permanent in its effects, even if it is discontinuous in its […] Observation
News NFN: The bystander effect “If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a […]
Being Human NFN: Seeing “To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.” – Marilyn vos Savant […]
Being Human NFN: A blink of an eye “The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun […]
Being Human NFN: A form of power “No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.” — Niels Bohr In quantum physics, […]
Ideas to change your life NP50: Wisdom digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #50, ‘Wisdom’. Digital access […] Wisdom
Happiness NFN: Mixed feelings “To be able to respond to anger without bitterness, to respond to fear without retreat, to meet joy without arrogance […]
Being Human NP49: Observation digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #49, ‘Observation’. Digital access […] Observation
News The wheel of emotion Emotions can hijack our minds. They prepare us for action, and they neighbour our perception. But they also reveal what […]
News NFN: Silent networks “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the […]
News NFN: Art <--> Science “A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He […]
Being Human On Anger I. You have demanded of me, Novatus, that I should write how anger may be soothed, and it appears to […] Emotion
News The daily fix The 24/7 news cycle serves up novelty each and every minute, filling our minds with information that would otherwise be […]
Being Human NP48: Emotion digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #48, ‘Emotion’. Digital access […] Emotion
Ideas to change your life 13 questions with ChatGPT ChatGPT in conversation with Kelly Truelove, based on the “13 questions” section in each edition of New Philosopher magazine. […] Choice
Being Human NP47 Connection – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #47, ‘Connection’. Digital access […] Connection
Being Human The Novelty edition “Novelty has a tendency to make us philosophers.” – Virginia Woolf Constantly looking outwards, humans have crossed continents and oceans, […] Novelty
Ideas to change your life NP46 Choice – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #46, ‘Choice’. Digital access […] Choice
News The daily emergency “[The] selective concern with the ‘inner drama’ enables the writer or artist to capture the essential feature of human experience; […]
Ideas to change your life Get love without chance “I do think that people literally get addicted to cell phones and social media, yes. It’s important to recognise that […]
News Filling the void “Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of […]
Being Human Animal spirits “It is rare to see a professional economist, in interpreting the past or forecasting the future, quoting what a businessperson […]
Being Human NP45 Novelty – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #45, ‘Novelty’. Digital access […] Novelty
Being Human Becoming a superhero Imagine you were given the chance to become a superhero. Let’s say a genie pops out of an old urn […] Flourishing
Ideas to change your life Somewhere to flourish For much of my early adult life, I viewed flourishing as a state of being that necessitated certain ingredients, much […] Flourishing
Being Human Optimising mutualism “All Nature is linked together by invisible bonds and every organic creature, however low, however feeble, however dependent, is necessary […] Flourishing
Slumbering energies At 2:00 pm on August 5, 2010, a gold and copper mine collapsed in the Atacama Desert, and 33 miners […] Flourishing
Being Human A doctrine of better-ism “Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we […] Flourishing
Being Human New Philosopher #44: Flourishing “There is only one inborn erroneous notion… that we exist in order to be happy.” – Arthur Schopenhauer It’s […] Flourishing
Happiness NP44 ‘Flourishing’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #44, ‘Flourishing’. Digital access […] Flourishing
Art Wealth divides “Welcome to Harrodsburg, home of the one per cent and the super-rich,” says London street photographer Dougie Wallace in the […] Wealth
Being Human NP1 Freedom – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #1, ‘Freedom’. Digital access […] Freedom
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Being Human NP3 Happiness – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #3, ‘Happiness’. Digital access […] Happiness
Being Human NP4 Work – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #4, ‘Work’. Digital access […] Work
Being Human NP5 Self – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #5, ‘Self’. Digital access […] Self
Environment NP6 Progress – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #6, ‘Growth’. Digital access […] Progress
Being Human NP7 Health – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #7, ‘Health’. Digital access […] Health
Being Human NP8 Travel – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #8, ‘Travel’. Digital access […] Travel
Being Human NP9 Property – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #9, ‘Property’. Digital access […] Property
Illusions NP10 Fame – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #10, ‘Fame’. Digital access […] Fame
Being Human NP11 Technology – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #11, ‘Technology’. Digital access […] Technology
Being Human NP13 Luck – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #13, ‘Luck’. Digital access […] Luck
Illusions NP15 The Future – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #15, ‘The Future’. Digital […] The Future
Being Human NP17 Communication – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #17, ‘Communication’. Digital access […] Communication
Being Human NP43 ‘Wealth’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #43, ‘Wealth’. Digital access […] Wealth
Being Human Remember the dead In the late 19th century, Boston photographer William H. Mumler posed his subjects by a window in his studio – […] Loss
Being Human NP42 ‘Loss’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #42, ‘Loss’. Digital access […] Loss
Art Looking forward, looking back Tell us a little about your background as an artist. When did you start illustrating? I went to school for […] Intelligence
Ideas to change your life How important is intelligence? – News from nowhere How important is intelligence in getting ahead, in conquering goals, and generally making a success out of one’s life? Is […] Intelligence
Being Human NP41 ‘Conflict’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #41, ‘Conflict’. Digital access […] Conflict
Ideas to change your life NP40 ‘Intelligence’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #40, ‘Intelligence’. Digital access […] Intelligence
Being Human Flourish by Antonia Case selling out fast After just a week, Flourish by Antonia Case has sold out at some locations in Australia and in some online […] Flourish
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Happiness News from nowhere: Food for thought “All the misfortunes of men arise from one thing only, that they are unable to stay quietly in their own […] Distraction
Opinion Deep distraction Last year, I attended a conference at a country house hotel that boasted a slightly battered baby grand in its […] Distraction
Being Human New Philosopher celebrates 10 years We’re thrilled to be celebrating 10 years of New Philosopher. Back in 2013, we launched the magazine at the Byron […] Distraction
Ideas to change your life Distraction: Editor’s letter “It is essential for you to remember that the attention you give to any action should be in due proportion […] Distraction
Ideas to change your life NP39 ‘Distraction’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #39, ‘Distraction’. Digital access […] Distraction
Ideas to change your life The courage to be different If Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard were alive today, and had his own social media account, he probably wouldn’t get many […] Courage
Happiness NP38 ‘Courage’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #38, ‘Courage’. Digital access […] Courage
Ideas to change your life Courage – editor’s letter “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Juvenal Most people love to be […] Courage
Ideas to change your life NP37 ‘Body’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #37, ‘Body’. Digital access […] Body
Philosophy and you NP29 ‘Purpose’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #29, ‘Purpose’. Digital access […] Purpose
Ideas to change your life NP36 ‘Uncertainty’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #36, ‘Uncertainty’. Digital access […] Uncertainty
Being Human Platonic love A few philosophers are famous enough that their names become everyday adjectives – but not always in a way that […] Love
Being Human NP35 ‘Love’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #35, ‘Love’. Digital access […] Love
Ideas to change your life NP34 ‘Truth’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #34, ‘Truth’. Digital access […] Truth
Ideas to change your life NP33 ‘Identity’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #33, ‘Identity’. Digital access […] Identity
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Illusions NP32 ‘Energy’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #32, ‘Energy’. Digital access […] Energy
Being Human NP31 ‘Space’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #31, ‘Space’. Digital access […] Space
Being Human New Philosopher China launches “Believe me, wise men don’t say ‘I shall live to do that’, tomorrow’s life is too late; live today.” Martial […] Balance
Illusions NP30 ‘Perception’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #30, ‘Perception’. Digital access […] Perception
Environment NP28 Climate – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #28, ‘Climate’. Digital access […] Climate
Being Human NP27 Family – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #27, ‘Family’. Digital access […] Family
Ideas to change your life Why we fight for change “People always said that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was […] NP26: Change edition, digital version
Being Human NP12 Education – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #12, ‘Education’. Digital access […] Education
Environment NP28 Climate: contents Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine, which is available only to subscribers. As a subscriber, you can […] Balance
Environment Scientific consensus The following 198 scientific organisations hold the position that climate change has been caused by human action: Academia Chilena de […] Climate
Environment News from nowhere “The only plots against us are within our own walls,—the danger is within,—the enemy is within. We must war with […] Climate
Environment A century of climate change In 1896 Svante Arrhenius built a CO2 climate model; 99 years later the IPCC noted that CO2 remained the most […] Climate
Death The Dancer “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” […] Climate
Environment 13 views on climate change #1, 2009: Statement on Climate Change from 18 Scientific Associations “Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change […] Climate
Environment Scenario 3 “It’s real … And the great irony and tragedy of our time, is a lot of the general public thinks […] Climate
Environment The evidence The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is extremely likely (greater than 95 per cent […] Climate
Environment 6 thinkers What does climate change mean to humans? Here are six thinkers’ views on the climate. The Physicist Stephen Hawking 1942 […] Climate
Environment When degree is shaked When the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander, What plagues and what portents, what mutiny, What raging of the […] Climate
Literature & Writing Stories of change Image: Blind monks examining an elephant, Hanabusa Itchō, 1652–1724. Here we present the winners of New Philosopher Writers’ Award XXVI: Change. […] Change
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Environment A change in temperature Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903. Arrhenius was the first […] Climate
Environment Around the web A climate of mind Anyone who cares about climate change has to be tired of the vitriolic tirades that masquerade […] Climate
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Environment NP28 Climate: contributors Charley Lineweaver Charley Lineweaver is the convenor of ANU’s Planetary Science Institute and holds a joint appointment as an associate […] Climate
Literature & Writing Ends and beginnings In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored, or […] NP25: Death edition, digital version
Ideas to change your life The Classic of Filial Piety Once, when Zhong Ni was unoccupied, and his disciple Zeng was sitting by in attendance on him, the Master said, […] NP27: Family edition, digital version
coronavirus Virus views: Nameless characters We are publishing submissions about the COVID-19 crisis from readers daily on NewPhilosopher.com in the hope that it can help […] NP27: Family edition, digital version
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coronavirus COVID-19 You hardly need to be told that life has changed over the past few weeks. We are experiencing an upending […] NP27: Family edition, digital version
Death Writers’ Award XXV Winner: Death oh, oh ever teach me By Dr Wolfgang Gillier Death is always a family affair. When you have one family, or two. But then who […] NP25: Death edition, digital version
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Ideas to change your life New Philosopher ‘Magazine of the Decade’ London, December 2019: We’re thrilled to announce that New Philosopher has been named ‘Magazine of the Decade‘ by the UK’s […] NP26: Change edition, digital version
Literature & Writing NP26 ‘Change’ – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #26, ‘Change’. Digital access […] Change
Being Human NP25 Death – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #25, ‘Death’. Digital access […] Death
Ideas to change your life Eternity projects By Marina Benjamin When the British Museum in London was in the process of acquiring its spectacular wave-form roof in […] NP19: Life edition, digital version
Death What makes a good death? By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore Last year my 92-year-old grandmother, April, wrote a letter to The Times of London: “Sir, Why do […] Death
Being Human NP24 Balance – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #24, ‘Balance’. Digital access […] Balance
Literature & Writing New Philosopher subscriber giveaway To celebrate six years of sending New Philosopher to curious and interesting people around the world, we gave subscribers the […] Previous editions
Ideas to change your life Balance: what is the Goldilocks day? By Tim Olds There’s nothing more democratic than time. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates and the Dalai Lama, […] NP24: Balance edition, digital version
Ideas to change your life The obsolete human being By William Watkin Now Take one last look at your smartphone. You probably regard it as the cutting edge […] NP23: Human edition, digital version
Being Human Humans of the Anthropocene By Roy Scranton. You can walk to the beach from where we are staying. It’s a long peel of dun-coloured […] NP23: Human edition, digital version
Being Human Human trafficking By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore A man walks into a mall. His eyes scan the crowds. Finally, he spots what he’s looking […] NP23: Human edition, digital version
Being Human Doing away with death By Allison Arieff Consider this fact of modern life: nearly all of the technological products that we buy and use […] NP23: Human edition, digital version
Being Human Defining ourselves By Ai Weiwei Many of the problems in the world today, when one reflects upon them, call for an answer […] NP23: Human edition, digital version
Illusions NP22 Time – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #22, ‘Time’, produced in […] Time
Being Human NP19 Life – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #19, ‘Life’. Digital access […] Life
Ideas to change your life Power to the people? By Mark Colyvan & Brian Hedden Most of us have great faith in democracy. Such is this faith that when […] NP21: Power edition, digital version
Society & Culture How power corrupts Zan Boag: Have you arrived at your own definition of power? Keith Dowding: No, I don’t really have one, actually, […] NP21: Power edition, digital version
Being Human NP21 Power – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #42, ‘Loss’. Digital access […] Power
Being Human NP20 Play – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #20, ‘Play’. Digital access […] Play
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Environment NP16 Food – digital edition Welcome to the digital version of New Philosopher magazine. Use the reader below to explore issue #16, ‘Food’. Digital access […] Food
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Happiness Metaphors of the mind Rhys Bevan-Jones works and researches in the field of psychiatry in Cardiff. He is interested in the relationship between psychology/ […] Fame
Happiness In pursuit of selflessness Empathy and greed in the context of the workplace might seem too disparate to be discussed in tandem. One might […] Fame
Ideas to change your life Dirty thoughts on civilised leisure By Damon Young “I work, God how I work… I have reduced it to a method and exalted it to […] NP20: Play edition, digital version
Happiness Happiness is hard to find I have been happy. I hope to be happy again. But I am yet to feel something I’d call “happiness”. […] Previous editions
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Ideas to change your life The quest for the “I” Living with a child who is learning to talk is always an amazing experience. A very special moment is when […]
Ideas to change your life I think, therefore I am I The Meditation of yesterday has filled my mind with so many doubts, that it is no longer in my […]
Happiness Pleasure spots By George Orwell Some months ago I cut out of a shiny magazine some paragraphs written by a female journalist […] NP20: Play edition, digital version
Death On the shortness of life It is a general complaint among mankind, Paulinus, that Nature is niggardly: our allotted span is brief, and the term […] NP19: Life edition, digital version
Illusions Perception and reality By Keith Wilson Taken at face value, the picture of reality suggested by modern science seems radically opposed to the […] NP23: Human edition, digital version
Philosophy and you The secret of consciousness, with Daniel C. Dennett By Zan Boag American philosopher of mind Daniel C. Dennett’s early years read like something straight out of an adventure […] Fame
Philosophy and you Searle: it upsets me when I read the nonsense written by my contemporaries What purpose does philosophy serve? And what are philosophers doing to ensure that philosophy remains relevant? John Searle: I don’t […]
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Interviews 13 questions: Mr John Clarke 1. The question you’d most like to ask others? What are you doing? 2. How free are you? I’ll be […] Mind
Ideas to change your life The ladder of true understanding How well do you understand the world? Do you think you’ve got a good grasp of reality or not? Greek […] Fame
Ideas to change your life If I’m free, why can’t I do what I want? By Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek I woke up my son Jan (9) for school, as I do every morning. He was […] Freedom
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Art 8 questions: Genís Carreras ABOUT THE ARTIST: Genís Carreras, a Spanish graphic designer based in London, produced the acclaimed “Philographics” series. 1. What prompted […] Freedom
Illusions Our surveillance society In the perfect prison, I am bathed in light. I don’t languish in the dark – I am put to […] Freedom
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Happiness Shorts: why do it in prison? “Why do it in prison? Well, why do it anywhere? I do it in prison because I was asked, and […] Freedom
Happiness Shorts: Epictetus and external events Think about what usually makes you angry, frustrated, anxious; most likely it has something to do with external events that […] Freedom
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Ideas to change your life Game theory By Mark Colyvan We sometimes joke about the world conspiring against us. For instance, I might suggest that it will […] Play
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Philosophy and you The unexamined life is not worth living I have long been intrigued by the claim, attributed to Socrates, that the ‘unexamined life is not worth living’. For […] Previous editions
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