November 23, 2024 Paulo Antunes Ensuring Humanity’s Future Lessons from Play, Sport, and Game This is a shortlisted entry from the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024.If you like reading about philosophy, here's a free, weekly newsletter with articles just like this one: Send it to me! (more...) November 18, 2024 Christopher Tricker Can Philosophy Save Us? This is a shortlisted entry from the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024.If you like reading about philosophy, here's a free, weekly newsletter with articles just like this one: Send it to me! (more...) November 9, 2024 Nella Leontieva We and They Shortlisted entry for the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024. (more...) November 3, 2024 Deanna S. Lee A “Philos” of We . Shortlisted entry for the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024. (more...) October 25, 2024 Daniele Fulvi Philosophy and the Climate Crisis Thinking Clearly to Help Ensure the Future of Humanity Philosophy and the Climate Crisis. Shortlisted entry for the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024. (more...) October 18, 2024 Daniel Gregory The Surprising Threat to Human Society How can philosophy help ensure the future of humanity? Shortlisted entry for the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024. (more...) October 12, 2024 John Shand In Praise of Misinformation There have been increasingly clamorous calls for the banning, removal, or controlling, or censoring of ‘misinformation’ as an enforced general policy. (more...) October 4, 2024 John Young Myers Verdict We, the Jury, duly impaneled and sworn, upon our oaths, do find the defendant, of her own free will, as to Count One, guilty of First-degree Murder. (more...) September 20, 2024 Özlem Karakus Irvin Yalom: The Spinoza Problem Book review Irvin Yalom’s (b. 1931) The Spinoza Problem: A Novel (Basic Books 2013) intertwines history and philosophy, offering a fresh perspective on two distinct but connected lives. (more...) September 15, 2024 Avery Warfield How Many Cows Does It Take? Navigating the Trolley Problem's Moral Dilemma Here, instead of five people versus one person, the trolley is heading toward N cows and diverting it will kill one person. (more...) August 30, 2024 Christopher Belshaw Still Against Veganism A reply to Petrică Nițoaia My question was – and still is – a short good life with a pain free death, or no life at all, which would you prefer? A reply to Petrică Nițoaia. (more...) August 16, 2024 Ian James Kidd The Hermit of the Lonely Loch Aspiring hermits have many motivations. Smith eloquently testifies to his reasons, some of them deeply personal. (more...) July 27, 2024 Daniel Sadasivan Boltzmann Brains and Epistemology Entropy can be calculated with a concept called multiplicity. The multiplicity is the number of indistinguishable possibilities that could cause the results we observe. (more...) July 12, 2024 Petrică Nițoaia Embracing Kindness The Moral Argument for Veganism Ethical arguments against veganism are examined and refuted. (more...) July 5, 2024 F. Andrew Wolf Jr Liberty, Democracy, Justice Can the Center Hold? In the Republic, Plato speaks of society in metaphorical terms as “our city of words.” The dialogue is essentially about justice as a human virtue. (more...) June 30, 2024 Andreas Matthias James Tartaglia: Inner Space Philosophy Book review Tartaglia’s sometimes uneven exploration of how philosophy could be popularised is hugely amusing and entertaining at places, but it also has parts that don’t quite live up to its promise. (more...) June 21, 2024 Catherine Greene It's OK to Major in English or History ...and you might even save the world Just because we can automate something doesn’t mean that we won’t pay over the odds for an analogue version. (more...) June 14, 2024 John Shand Evil: Ordinary or Extraordinary? Are the people who perform evil acts ordinary or extraordinary? Just like other people or exceptional people? (more...) June 11, 2024 Finn Janning To Exist Is to Play Albert Camus’ love for football The writer and philosopher Albert Camus was known for his existentialist essays, novels, and love of football. (more...) June 8, 2024 David E. Cooper Same Again? Short story Edward’s decision was, for the rest of his life, never to spend more than one night in any given place. (more...) June 7, 2024 Global Essay Contest 2024 Take part in our global essay contest! Prizes include cash, publication and an interview with Daily Philosophy. (more...) «« « 1 2 3 4 5 » »»
November 23, 2024 Paulo Antunes Ensuring Humanity’s Future Lessons from Play, Sport, and Game This is a shortlisted entry from the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024.If you like reading about philosophy, here's a free, weekly newsletter with articles just like this one: Send it to me! (more...)
November 18, 2024 Christopher Tricker Can Philosophy Save Us? This is a shortlisted entry from the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024.If you like reading about philosophy, here's a free, weekly newsletter with articles just like this one: Send it to me! (more...)
November 9, 2024 Nella Leontieva We and They Shortlisted entry for the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024. (more...)
November 3, 2024 Deanna S. Lee A “Philos” of We . Shortlisted entry for the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024. (more...)
October 25, 2024 Daniele Fulvi Philosophy and the Climate Crisis Thinking Clearly to Help Ensure the Future of Humanity Philosophy and the Climate Crisis. Shortlisted entry for the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024. (more...)
October 18, 2024 Daniel Gregory The Surprising Threat to Human Society How can philosophy help ensure the future of humanity? Shortlisted entry for the Daily Philosophy Global Essay Contest 2024. (more...)
October 12, 2024 John Shand In Praise of Misinformation There have been increasingly clamorous calls for the banning, removal, or controlling, or censoring of ‘misinformation’ as an enforced general policy. (more...)
October 4, 2024 John Young Myers Verdict We, the Jury, duly impaneled and sworn, upon our oaths, do find the defendant, of her own free will, as to Count One, guilty of First-degree Murder. (more...)
September 20, 2024 Özlem Karakus Irvin Yalom: The Spinoza Problem Book review Irvin Yalom’s (b. 1931) The Spinoza Problem: A Novel (Basic Books 2013) intertwines history and philosophy, offering a fresh perspective on two distinct but connected lives. (more...)
September 15, 2024 Avery Warfield How Many Cows Does It Take? Navigating the Trolley Problem's Moral Dilemma Here, instead of five people versus one person, the trolley is heading toward N cows and diverting it will kill one person. (more...)
August 30, 2024 Christopher Belshaw Still Against Veganism A reply to Petrică Nițoaia My question was – and still is – a short good life with a pain free death, or no life at all, which would you prefer? A reply to Petrică Nițoaia. (more...)
August 16, 2024 Ian James Kidd The Hermit of the Lonely Loch Aspiring hermits have many motivations. Smith eloquently testifies to his reasons, some of them deeply personal. (more...)
July 27, 2024 Daniel Sadasivan Boltzmann Brains and Epistemology Entropy can be calculated with a concept called multiplicity. The multiplicity is the number of indistinguishable possibilities that could cause the results we observe. (more...)
July 12, 2024 Petrică Nițoaia Embracing Kindness The Moral Argument for Veganism Ethical arguments against veganism are examined and refuted. (more...)
July 5, 2024 F. Andrew Wolf Jr Liberty, Democracy, Justice Can the Center Hold? In the Republic, Plato speaks of society in metaphorical terms as “our city of words.” The dialogue is essentially about justice as a human virtue. (more...)
June 30, 2024 Andreas Matthias James Tartaglia: Inner Space Philosophy Book review Tartaglia’s sometimes uneven exploration of how philosophy could be popularised is hugely amusing and entertaining at places, but it also has parts that don’t quite live up to its promise. (more...)
June 21, 2024 Catherine Greene It's OK to Major in English or History ...and you might even save the world Just because we can automate something doesn’t mean that we won’t pay over the odds for an analogue version. (more...)
June 14, 2024 John Shand Evil: Ordinary or Extraordinary? Are the people who perform evil acts ordinary or extraordinary? Just like other people or exceptional people? (more...)
June 11, 2024 Finn Janning To Exist Is to Play Albert Camus’ love for football The writer and philosopher Albert Camus was known for his existentialist essays, novels, and love of football. (more...)
June 8, 2024 David E. Cooper Same Again? Short story Edward’s decision was, for the rest of his life, never to spend more than one night in any given place. (more...)
June 7, 2024 Global Essay Contest 2024 Take part in our global essay contest! Prizes include cash, publication and an interview with Daily Philosophy. (more...)