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Editor of New Philosopher Zan Boag interviews Hilde Lindemann, Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University and the former editor of Hypatia. Zan Boag:…
“All Nature is linked together by invisible bonds and every organic creature, however low, however feeble, however dependent, is necessary to the well-being of…
Michael Cholbi is Professor and Personal Chair in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely in ethical theory, practical ethics, and…
When I was growing up in the 1980s, my family and I sometimes played a board game called ‘The Game of Life’. Rather than…
“Great lords, wise men ne’er sit and wail their loss, But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.” - William Shakespeare If being…
After just a week, Flourish by Antonia Case has sold out at some locations in Australia and in some online stores but Bloomsbury is…
"Every now and then an epiphany comes along in the form of a book. Are we being who we secretly thought we could be?…
We're thrilled to be celebrating 10 years of New Philosopher. Back in 2013, we launched the magazine at the Byron Writers Festival - at…
Can you lose your identity while still being alive? Yes. I saw my mother lose hers, then regain something of it. One day she…
Interviewee: Simon Critchley. Interview by Nigel Warburton. Nigel Warburton: You’ve just written a book called ‘What We Think About When We Think About…
By Marina Benjamin When the British Museum in London was in the process of acquiring its spectacular wave-form roof in the late 1990s, I…
In November of last year I took part in a public debate in London; the motion – which I proposed – was that: “Psychiatrists…
