Joshua Clements puts us in the picture. In his book How We Die (1995), medical doctor Sherwin Nuland noted that the people who see death the most – such as doctors and nurses – rarely write about it, ...

Kola Adeosun & Ato Kenya Rockcliffe on the dynamics of sporting greatness. Every so often, an athlete emerges who redefines their sport – a figure so dominant that their very presence forces ...

Patrick West on postmodernism and communicative reason. Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026) was a great thinker with wide interests. His work encompassed a vast array of fields from philosophy, social theory, ...

Marianne Talbot tells us how to use the ultimate in transferrable skills. My mug is sitting to my right doing nothing. This is because it believes it is at the centre of the universe, and its desire ...

Pauline O’Flynn explores de Beauvoir’s argument that punishment is necessary to demonstrate that the degradation of humanity can never be ignored. Simone de Beauvoir poses a disturbing moral question ...

Ethics Goes Awry in Humans and AI • The Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet • Early Adopter of Kierkegaard & Tillich Dies — News reports by Anja Steinbauer ...

William King ponders a collection of essays which show the diversity of African philosophy. A number of years ago, Louis E. Wilson, a former colleague of mine who taught courses in African history, ...

Every five years, philosophers from around the globe gather to drink coffee and swap ideas. Philosophy Now’s Anja Steinbauer and Rick Lewis were there. The August sun glittered alluringly on the ...

Michael D. McGranahan takes us to the edge of language, mathematics and science. There are things we can never know. There are questions that have no answer. There will always be uncertainty. People ...

Van Harvey reflects on Huxley’s and Clifford’s reasons for not believing. In the struggle against obscurantism and the appeal to blind faith that was rampant in Victorian culture, it would be ...

Patrick Cannon uses a popular setting to explain Kant’s metaphysics. It’s Friday night and you’re at the bar. It’s packed. You snake through the sea of bodies. “Ah! There’s a free spot!” exclaims your ...

Ian Smith on why Ockham thought the Pope wasn’t a Catholic. William of Ockham is readily acknowledged as one of the most preeminent philosophers of the medieval period, and is known primarily for his ...