Distraction: Editor’s letter
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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 likes. The eccentric writer…
Virtual identity
Times are changing fast enough that it’s hard to know where to start unspooling the question of modern identity. Questions to answer are breeding…
Where did we come from?
Zan Boag: As a space scientist, you’ve been gazing deeply into space. You’ve been living and breathing the idea of ‘space’. The universe has…
On purpose
Zan Boag: Before we delve into your ideas about free will, I think it would be helpful to clear up a few common misconceptions…
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 not tired physically, or…
Power scripts
There were scripts I learned very early while growing up in an African-American community in the urban South. In the 1960s and ‘70s, civil…
Unexpected change
Heraclitus, the pre-Socratic philosopher, left us to interpret and apply his often-cryptic aphorisms. One of the fragments that survives from his writing declares, “All…
Staying afloat
I doubt I'm the only one experiencing a stretching of time - each day feels like a week; each week like several months. "Reality…
Virus views: This is our watershed moment
We are publishing submissions about the COVID-19 crisis from readers daily on NewPhilosopher.com in the hope that it can help us all make sense…
Virus views: adapt and improvise
We are publishing submissions about the COVID-19 crisis from readers daily on NewPhilosopher.com in the hope that it can help us all make sense…
Virus views: remembering our humanity
We are publishing submissions about the COVID-19 crisis from readers daily on NewPhilosopher.com in the hope that it can help us all make sense…
