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Plato versus Literature
Daniel Toré asks, can literature save us?
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What Makes A Book Great?
Colin Stott critiques the critical thinking of Matthew Arnold and F.R. Leavis.
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Milan Kundera’s Philosophy of the Novel
Mike Sutton reflects on the existential code of the novel.
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Don Quixote & Narrative Identity
Inês Pereira Rodrigues asks, are we always (or ever) who we say we are?
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Shakespeare: Folly, Humanism & Critical Theory
Sam Gilchrist Hall surveys folly and wisdom in Shakespeare’s world and beyond.
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How to Be an Antiracist Consequentialist
Nathaniel Goldberg and Chris Gavaler consider Ibram X. Kendi’s requirements for being antiracist.
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When to Hold Your Friends’ Feet to the Fire
Jordan Myers argues, against Christine Korsgaard, that we shouldn’t always hold our friends morally responsible.
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The Healing of Philosophy
John Clark, MD, says our worship of the intellect has become pathological.
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Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)
The fool thinks he leads – Mad Corsican, History’s pawn – Honest rustic folk
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What You Need to Read Before You Read Kant
22nd April 2024 is the 300th birthday of Immanuel Kant. Anja Steinbauer introduces the man and gets you ready for his three Critiques
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Kant in the Café
Peter Mullen uncovers the personal secrets of philosophers.
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Kant the (P)Russian Philosopher?
Robert R. Clewis considers present implications of Kant’s Russian connections.
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Kant & Love
Ivan Iyer has a beautiful Kantian understanding of love.
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M.M. Bakhtin (1895-1975)
Vladimir Makovtsev asks: M.M. Bakhtin, philosopher or philologist?
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On Listening
Massimo Pigliucci hears from Plutarch.
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I’ve Been Thinking
Jane O’Grady is in two minds about Daniel Dennett, Ben Almassi learns that to forgive is complex, and Dan Ray says we must change our minds to save the world.
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Witness for the Prosecution
Matt Qvortrup sees Agatha Christie meet Aristotle in Billy Wilder’s classic.
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The Illusion of Illusionism
Raymond Tallis sees through a physicalist confusion.
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How Can We Achieve World Peace?
Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the entrants not included.
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Who’s Watching Who?
Grant Bartley tells a terrifying tale of privacy, paranoia and popular culture.