Know the name, can’t quite recall what he thought? John-Francis Phipps explains the surprising ideas of the philosopher of vitalism. Bergson’s name is not usually included on shortlists of the ...

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Ralph Blumenau on why things may not be what they seem to be. Before Kant, philosophers had divided propositions into two kinds, under the technical names of ‘analytic’ and ‘synthetic’. Propositions ...

Although I might get much enjoyment from indulging in a similarly dismissive attitude toward Alexander’s largely ad hominem attacks against Badiou, I have chosen a different path in defending him. I ...

Curiously, antinatalists often reject not only the imperfect world in which we live, but even hypothetical utopias. Consider a world where disease, war, poverty, and death are eradicated – where ...

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, ...

‘More songs about Buildings and Food’ was the title of a 1978 album by the rock band Talking Heads. It was about all the things rock stars normally don’t sing about. Pop songs are usually about ...

Dan Pollen weighs up the pros and cons of indefinitely extended life. Billionaire Bryan Johnson is obsessed with anti-ageing. This led him to launch Project Blueprint, in which he underwent a series ...

Hertfordshire scraps philosophy • Nancy Cartwright honoured for phil sci work • Cops raid Moscow philosophy institute — News reports by Anja Steinbauer ...

Religious Fervour in Derby • Cloned Rabbits Begin to Breed • Growing Human Organs for Fun and Profit • Happy Philosophy Day!

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, ...