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 ...

Articles Could There Be A Solution To The Trolley Problem? Omid Panahi finds that finding a solution is not the problem. The Trolley Problem is a thought experiment first devised by the Oxford moral ...

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 ...

Food for Thought The Basis of Morality Tim Madigan on scientific versus religious explanations of ethical behaviour. “A man who has no assured and ever present belief in the existence of a personal ...

‘Meaning’ is a word referring to what we have in mind as ‘signification’, and it relates to intention and purpose. ‘Life’ is applied to the state of being alive; conscious existence. Mind, ...

Heresy Phenomenology as a Mystical Discipline Colin Wilson explores the more provocative side of existentialism. In the following essay I propose to argue that Husserl’s phenomenology has been ...

Articles Philosophical Misanthropy Ian James Kidd takes a look at humanity through dark glasses. The condemnation of humankind is very topical these days. Given the global environmental crisis, the ...

Articles An Essay on Nothing Sophia Gottfried meditates on the emptiness of non-existence. In philosophy there is a lot of emphasis on what exists. We call this ontology, which means, the study of ...

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 ...