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Jean Arnaud Jean Arnaud on AI and the Future Philosopher Interviews Interview with Jean Arnaud, a pioneer of the digital renaissance in art, philosophy, technology, and education. (more...)
Kant’s Ethics: What is a Categorical Imperative? A Daily Philosophy primer Kant’s ethics is based on the value of one’s motivation and two so-called Categorical Imperatives, or general rules that must apply to every action. (more...)
Andreas Matthias New Video Series: Western Ethics Theories The Shortest Possible Overview A new series of Daily Philosophy whiteboard explainer videos has just been published on YouTube. It gives a very short, and hopefully amusing, introduction to the main theories of Western ethics. (more...)
What is ethics? Of means and ends Ethics is the study of how we ought to behave, and why. There are many different theories of ethics, which we briefly discuss in this article. (more...)
Andreas Matthias Western Ethics Theories The Shortest Possible Overview We examine the basic ideas behind the four main Western ethics theories: utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, social contract ethics and virtue ethics. (more...)
Erich Fromm (1900-1980) The unconscious forces that shape our societies Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a German social psychologist and philosopher who had enormous popular success from the 1950s all the way to the end of his life in 1980. We discuss his work and his relation to Marxism and Freud. (more...)
Women Philosophers Throughout History Celebrating International Women’s Day Women philosophers: Gargi Vachaknavi, Aspasia, Ban Zhao, Hypatia of Alexandria, Rabia al-Adawiyya, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Nana Asma’u. (more...)
Andreas Matthias The Princess and the Soul Elisabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes Descartes admired her intelligence and Leibniz stood at her deathbed, but during most of her life, she was a penniless refugee. Meet Elisabeth, Princess of Bohemia. (more...)
John Shand Reasons and Causes We are not as rational as we think we are We think our beliefs and attitudes, and even our feelings and moods, are more determined by a reasoning process that brings us to them than they are. (more...)
Louai Rahal Kant's conception of freedom Using reason to resist manipulation Kant on using reason to critically examine our inclinations and uncover the forces that manipulate and misinform us. (more...)
Miles Erickson A Better Society? Bonanno's utopian anarchism Bonanno stands apart with his radical, borderline utopian critique of modern society. (more...)
Islam in 10 Minutes Its history and main ideas How did Islam begin and expand, what do Muslims believe, and what does the daily practice of a Muslim believer look like? (more...)
Thomas O. Scarborough African Philosophy A Personal Perspective I married into Africa. That is, my wife is a member of a Xhosa clan – in fact, a descendant of the great King Mpondo. (more...)
Lina Ignatova Nothing A short story Nothing is ever nothing. What a paradox! Everything is something, in a way. (more...)
The Paradox of Fiction Why are we scared by things that don’t exist? The paradox of fiction asks how we can experience genuine emotions for things that we know not to be real. (more...)
Stephan Renart The Case for Feeding the Surfers Philippe Van Parijs’s Argument for Universal Basic Income Universal Basic Income, or UBI, implies the regular, universal, unconditional transfer of an equal sum of money to all eligible citizens. (more...)
Lina Ignatova Meaning A short story Call me Gottlob. And just to make sure we don’t get off on the wrong foot, my name is indeed Gottlob. But what is the actual meaning of names? (more...)
Cave, Peter Israel’s Attack on Gaza Some philosophical reflections Philosophical reflections about Israel’s response to the 7th October 2023 attack by Hamas, exposing inconsistencies, poor reasoning and immoralities, with a final touch of Kant and Nietzsche. (more...)
The Power of Love Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving In his book “The Art of Loving,” psychoanalyst and philosopher Erich Fromm discusses how love is misunderstood in modern societies. (more...)
John Shand Art, Its Value, And How We See Ourselves Guest article by John Shand 1. What I wish to do is to look at the value of art in the wide human cultural context, most fundamentally indeed as part of the human condition. (more...)
Max Gottschlich Studying Philosophy at a Time of Automated Thinking Notes to the philosophy student Philosophy starts by questioning what the other sciences presuppose, the assumptions of all activity, cognition, and knowledge as a whole. (more...)