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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
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
Philosophic — Part 1
Philosophic — Part 1
Philosophy and Rhetoric Are Joined at the Hip
Paul Hunt
Mar 21
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
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How to Know When It’s Time to Give Up
How to Know When It’s Time to Give Up
A discussion of a novel heuristic
Martin Vidal
Jun 19
How to Advance Social Justice?
How to Advance Social Justice?
Transcending the traps of selfishness and selflessness
Suresh Natarajan
Jun 12
Behavior Regulation — Part 1
Behavior Regulation — Part 1
Behavior as a Regulated Process
Im Anom
Jun 11
Left Wing, Right Wing, People, and Power
Left Wing, Right Wing, People, and Power
The Core Dynamics of Political Action
Douglas Giles, PhD
Jun 5
Is Having Children Unethical?
Is Having Children Unethical?
Just because something is natural doesn’t mean it’s right
Martin Vidal
Jun 3
Process Medicine: Who Do We Fight When We Fight Disease?
Process Medicine: Who Do We Fight When We Fight Disease?
Illness is better understood as a process, not as a thing
Paddy Cashman
Jun 2
Why It’s Important to Discuss Sadism Today
Why It’s Important to Discuss Sadism Today
If we don’t talk about it then you will never know when that's what's harming you.
Alexander P. Bird
May 31
Arguments Against the Existence of Time
Arguments Against the Existence of Time
Time is certainly a useful concept, but does it have any objective existence?
Martin Vidal
May 29
The Illusion of Independence
The Illusion of Independence
How Societal Norms Shape Our Lives
Pantelis Giamouridis
May 27
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
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
Heidegger and Underwear
Heidegger and Underwear
A real-life philosophy of the unseen and forgotten
Douglas Giles, PhD
Apr 23
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