Philosophy Now

Philosophy Now is a magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It isn't afraid to tackle all the major questions of life, the universe and everything. It tries to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics. It contains articles on all aspects of philosophy, plus book reviews, film reviews, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

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Trust, Truth & Political Conversations • Adrian Brockless wants a recognition of human value in political debate.

SIMON + FINN

Success & Luck • Carlo Filice argues that we should share our success, even if it’s hard earned, because we often don’t deserve it as much as we’d like to think.

The Material Creation of Freedom • Stephen Martin Fritz & Denise Morel contemplate what creates democracy.

Philosophy & The Crown • Vincent Di Norcia on monarchy and stability.

Philosophers & Immigration Control • Edward Hall argues that philosophers of immigration are not thinking it through.

Philosophers’ Café

Besieged

Technologists & Ethicists • Stephen L. Anderson laments inadequate moral insight among tech leaders.

Philosophical Haiku • From speech comes reason. Discourse of modernity, Enlightenment’s heir.

The Fire This Time • Tim Madigan on Ray Bradbury, Bertrand Russell and Fahrenheit 451.

Ethics Hotline

Thomas Aquinas on Extraterrestrial Life • Babatunde Onabajo tells us why Aquinas did not believe in aliens.

Plants & Philosophy • Caroline Deforche sees similarities between gardening and philosophising.

Wordsworth & Darwin • Christine Avery wonders whether poetry can help us to deal with science.

Dr. Gindi • sculptor, has a philosophical conversation with Richard Baron about sensation, life, infinity and, you guessed it, sculpture..

Pythagoras (570-495 BCE) • Daniel Toré looks beyond the mathematician to the philosopher.

Letters • When inspiration strikes, don’t bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!

Books • Grant Bartley replies philosophically to a scientific history of everything, and Rachel R. Rosner responds to new concepts of exile. In our classics review, Sandra Woien interrogates a famous Soviet-era satire.

The Necessity of Exile

Classics • The Master and Margarita

Prague 22 • A Philosopher Takes a Tram Through a City

FALLING DOWN • Thomas R. Morgan considers how personal identity is maintained, and how it is lost.

On Women • AmirAli Maleki considers how Islamic thought changed.

On Making Moral Progress • Massimo Pigliucci tells us how to advance ethically.

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Random Thoughts on Luck • Raymond Tallis finds he’s an improbably accidental being.

The Smart Shoppers • Joe R.R. Angelitis overhears a heated political discussion in aisle fifty-one.