Philosophy Now Forum

Raymond Tallis perceives a difference between them.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/Perception_and_Reality

Barbara Hands considers whether it is ever right for the law to limit your freedom of choice and action, for your own good.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/71/Paternalism_and_the_Law

by Rick Lewis

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/Tree_of_Knowledge

by Harley Schwadron

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/Harley_Schwadrons_Cartoon_2

Tim Madigan on the curmudgeon who preached compassion.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/52/Schopenhauers_Compassionate_Morality

Carlos Muñoz-Suárez guides us on a trip down the linguistic rabbit hole.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/103/The_Tractatus_is_it_so_intractable

Devon Bombassei considers the irony of our ‘liberation’ in the digital age.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/How_to_Look_at_Facebook

Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the entrants not included.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/135/Who_Is_The_Worst_Philosopher

Max Rocky Zelcer and Mark Zelcer review five short childrens’ books starring their Philosophy Friends!

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/Philosophy_Friends_by_Francisco_Mejia_Uribe

Why are we incapable of guilt-free leisure? Jacob Snyder says, blame John Locke!

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/Anxious_Idleness

Nathaniel Goldberg shares his intuitions about Daniel Dennett’s Intuition Pumps.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/101/Intuition_Pumps_by_Daniel_C_Dennett

Howard Darmstadter asks why rational debate doesn’t often change minds.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/The_Limits_of_Argument

Raul Casso takes Reality 101.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/The_Real_Thing

Apostolos Syropoulos goes back to BASICs to consider whether the human brain is a computer.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/142/The_Limits_of_Computation

What follows is an extract from a forthcoming book called AQA AS Philosophy by Gerald Jones, Dan Cardinal & Jeremy Hayward – an engaging, student-friendly textbook designed to help UK high school students embrace and enjoy philosophy at AS level. It seemed such a useful guide that we decid...