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Call for Submissions to a Publication that Welcomes Original Philosophy
Call for Submissions to a Publication that Welcomes Original Philosophy
Between the hazardous rocks of Scylla and Charybdis lies a passage to new vistas.
Douglas Giles, PhD
Jun 14, 2022
Rethinking Mental Causation in a Hylomorphic Framework
Rethinking Mental Causation in a Hylomorphic Framework
An account of how mental states can influence physical events
Serena Hinton
Mar 6
Standing Up for Philosophers
Standing Up for Philosophers
Many people don’t understand and therefore disrespect philosophy
Douglas Giles, PhD
Oct 23, 2023
Does Defining Racism Overcome it?
Does Defining Racism Overcome it?
A philosophical enquiry into the uses and abuses of definitions of racism
Rebecca Ruth Gould, PhD
Mar 13
Latest Articles
Darwin’s Mistakes — Part 3
Darwin’s Mistakes — Part 3
Variations vs. Adaptations — the Role of Plasticity
Im Anom
May 26
Final Grades — The Worst Part of Being a Professor
Final Grades — The Worst Part of Being a Professor
Education is good, bad, and ugly; this is the ugly part
Douglas Giles, PhD
May 23
Darwin’s Mistakes — Part 2
Darwin’s Mistakes — Part 2
Fixated on Competition, Blind to Cooperation
Im Anom
May 20
Anamorphic Eternality
Anamorphic Eternality
Finding magic in meaninglessness.
Sasha Zeiger
May 16
Understanding “Otherness”
Understanding “Otherness”
Who are the “others”? Is it still possible to understand the fundamentally different otherness?
Ziqi Wang
May 15
Whose Acts of Defining and Naming are Acceptable and Whose are Mere Childish Name-Calling?
Whose Acts of Defining and Naming are Acceptable and Whose are Mere Childish Name-Calling?
Shhhh… It all depends on brute force and power and which individuals or collectives of people have more
Aza Y. Alam
May 13
Three Hard-to-Notice Fallacies
Three Hard-to-Notice Fallacies
Slippery slope, appeal to ignorance and false causality.
Alexander P. Bird
May 9
Darwin’s Mistakes
Darwin’s Mistakes
Part 1 of a series investigating issues in evolutionary science
Im Anom
May 7
What Will a Post Hard Work Society Be?
What Will a Post Hard Work Society Be?
The possibilities and perils of the ending of hard work as a virtue
Suresh Natarajan
May 6
What’s Right and Wrong About the Columbia Protests
What’s Right and Wrong About the Columbia Protests
And what’s right and wrong about political action
Douglas Giles, PhD
Apr 24
Can We See With Our Skin?
Can We See With Our Skin?
What is “seeing” anyway?
Kiall Hildred
Apr 24
What if the true definition of insanity isn’t what we think it is?
What if the true definition of insanity isn’t what we think it is?
We keep doing the same things, but where is the choice we’re given?
The AuDHD Philosopher
Apr 23
Was I Wrong to Buy Beer for an Unhoused Man?
Was I Wrong to Buy Beer for an Unhoused Man?
A few days ago, an unhoused man asked me for some change while I was leaving the grocery store early in the morning. Having none on my…
Charles Bourque
Apr 16
We Are All Fools
We Are All Fools
. . . and it is okay
Body Mind and Soul
Apr 15
Philosophic — Part 3
Philosophic — Part 3
Consequences of Pan-Relationalism
Paul Hunt
Apr 9
Abiogenesis: The Great Delusion
Abiogenesis: The Great Delusion
Addressing the blind spot in the ‘beginning of life’ narrative
Leo Greenwood
Apr 5
Philosophic — Part 2
Philosophic — Part 2
“Veritivity” vs. Representationalism
Paul Hunt
Apr 1
Can I Explain Politics? Yes, I Can!
Can I Explain Politics? Yes, I Can!
My New Book: Left Wing, Right Wing, People, and Power: The Core Dynamics of Political Action
Douglas Giles, PhD
Mar 27
Reviews, or How to Kill Original Thought
Reviews, or How to Kill Original Thought
Most of us have been there; you have just come out of the movie theater and are discussing the movie, and one of the first comments…
Charles Bourque
Mar 25
Evolutionary Psychology Can Tell You Who You Are
Evolutionary Psychology Can Tell You Who You Are
And it doesn’t mean you’re a sex-crazed psychopath or that you don’t love your children
Kiall Hildred
Mar 22
Philosophic — Part 1
Philosophic — Part 1
Philosophy and Rhetoric Are Joined at the Hip
Paul Hunt
Mar 21
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