Overview What’s New in… Chinese Philosophy Anja Steinbauer on modern developments in an ancient philosophical tradition. Many thinkers of our time believe that ‘globalisation’, “the process whereby ...

Hegel & History Hegel’s Understanding of History Jack Fox-Williams outlines the basics of how history works for Hegel. One of Hegel’s most interesting but misunderstood areas of enquiry concerns ...

Being and Becoming Professor Macann has just completed a vast philosophical project in four parts entitled Being and Becoming. 1,700 pages long and 26 years in the writing, its publishers hope it will ...

Digging Deeper Disadvantaging people when their group membership is irrelevant appears to explain both what discrimination is, and why it is wrong. However, this account of discrimination is still ...

Philosophy & Depression Philipp Mainländer (1841-1876), another German philosopher, also sheds light on the connection between philosophical outlook and mental health. Theodor Lessing called ...

Articles Hegel on History Lawrence Evans rationally interprets Hegel’s rational interpretation of history. We are often taught that history is nothing but the record of past events. Yet Georg Wilhelm ...

Articles Does Western Philosophy Have Egyptian Roots? Peter Flegel highlights possible connections between early Greek philosophy and the ideas of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. Just over a year ...

Articles Why Physicalism is Wrong Grant Bartley argues that to say the mind is physical is an abuse of language. The most widely accepted attempt at describing the nature of embodied thought in this ...

Human Enhancement Moral Enhancement Julian Savulescu and Ingmar Persson argue that artificial moral enhancement is now essential if humanity is to avoid catastrophe. For the vast majority of our ...

Interview Slavoj Žižek In a London café, Anja Steinbauer chats with the philosopher who invented the word ‘idiosyncratic’. So Professor Žižek – Don’t call me professor if you don’t want me to kill you ...

Philosophical Science Chaos & An Unpredictable Tomorrow Peter Saltzstein finds that Chaos Theory yields unexpected philosophical results. The future is not what it used to be. I mean, an intriguing ...

Articles Nietzsche and the Problem of Suffering Van Harvey on the metaphysical aspects of an anti-metaphysical philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche shared at least one fundamental concern with the ...