Michael D. McGranahan takes us to the edge of language, mathematics and science. There are things we can never know. There are questions that have no answer. There will always be uncertainty. People ...

The following answers to this artful question each win a random book. Art is something we do, a verb. Art is an expression of our thoughts, emotions, intuitions, and desires, but it is even more ...

Jim Mepham quests with philosophers to discover what makes a life good. I have attended a number of funerals recently and it has got me thinking. Imagine after you’ve died, your loved ones are sitting ...

Ben G. Yacobi asks if it is possible to live authentically. We are told: “To thine own self be true!” But what do we mean if we say that somebody is an authentic person, or a very genuine person?

Omid Panahi finds that finding a solution is not the problem. The Trolley Problem is a thought experiment first devised by the Oxford moral philosopher Philippa Foot in 1967. In her paper titled ‘The ...

Chad Trainer seeks out the causes of the birth of Western philosophy. Enthusiasts of ancient Greek culture are frequently under the impression that Greek philosophy and mythology are closely linked.

Sadly, our news round-up this time is dominated by the deaths of four well-known philosophers. This does at least give us a chance to briefly set out the ideas of these intrepid thinkers. Their ...

The following answers to this central philosophical question each win a random book. Sorry if your answer doesn’t appear: we received enough to fill twelve pages… Why are we here? Do we serve a ...

Marina Gerner on a thought experiment about consciousness. Imagine a girl called Mary. She is a brilliant neuroscientist and a world expert on colour vision. But because she grew up entirely in a ...

Lawrence Evans contemplates Aristotle’s argument that happiness is the ultimate goal of human life, and that it can best be found in philosophical contemplation. Aristotle’s most famous work on ethics ...

Christoffer Lammer-Heindel tells us some important facts about them. From a very young age we are encouraged to distinguish facts from opinions. Now the ability to distinguish facts from merely ...

Brian King says that life’s meaning is a question of purpose; but what is the purpose of human existence? In the expression ‘the meaning of life’, people more often than not mean ‘purpose’ when they ...