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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 subscription (up to our 100th edition!). We're pleased to announce the 50 winners, who hail from 27 countries…

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Being mortal

Editor of New Philosopher Zan Boag interviews Hilde Lindemann, Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University and the former editor of Hypatia. Zan Boag:…

Mindset and manifestation

But the Stoic endorsement of mindset ends there. They would have us put more space between input and output; that is to say, they…

Are we free?

What’s your view on free will? Do you have one – and, if so, how much confidence do you have in it? Does it…

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Damned if you don’t

There is an infamous passage in the nineteenth century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard’s book Either/Or that declares: Marry, and you will regret it; don’t…

Optimising mutualism

“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…

Transformative grief

Michael Cholbi is Professor and Personal Chair in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely in ethical theory, practical ethics, and…

The game of life

When I was growing up in the 1980s, my family and I sometimes played a board game called ‘The Game of Life’. Rather than…

New Philosopher #42 ‘Loss’

“Great lords, wise men ne’er sit and wail their loss, But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.” - William Shakespeare   If being…

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 Writers Festival - at…

Forgetting yourself

Can you lose your identity while still being alive? Yes. I saw my mother lose hers, then regain something of it. One day she…

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