Disembodied delinquents
When Griffin had fully digested the fact that his body had disappeared for good, his mood suddenly shifted from one of frustration at the…
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Courage – editor’s letter
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” - Juvenal Most people love to be praised as intelligent, generous,…
Reasons of love
Here’s a fun little thought-experiment, derived from the work of Ernest Gellner. Try jotting down a list of all the things you love about…
Deepfakes: Truth in trouble
Zan Boag: To start with, could you explain a little bit about what deepfakes are, how the technology works, when it is used, and…
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…
It began with fire
The south of England doesn’t get particularly cold in winter, but temperatures do sometimes lurk below freezing for a few days. At those times,…
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 新哲人 中文版: After more…
Seeing the good
After reading moral philosophy for a while, you may come to suspect that being a moral philosopher must be utterly exhausting. Not just because…
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…
Ends and beginnings
In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place Is…
Grandstander in the family
When Italian handbag and luggage maker Guccio Gucci retired, handing over to his sons a fortune and the reins of the flourishing business he…
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…
