Philosophy Now Forum

Rationalism is the attitude of appealing to reason as the fundamental justification of knowledge or beliefs. Imadaldin Al-Jubouri describes the disputes among early Islamic scholars about the limits of what can be known through science and rationality. https://philosophynow.org/issues/60/Islamic_Rat...

Hilarius Bogbinder thinks about a political theorist who saw action as good thought.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/143/Hannah_Arendt_1906-1975

by Sarah Rochelle

https://philosophynow.org/issues/143/A_Day_by_the_Stream_with_Heraclitus

Stefan Lorenz Sorgner is a philosophy professor at John Cabot University in Rome, and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Posthuman Studies. His most recent book, On Transhumanism, was recently published by Penn State University Press. He chats about transhumanism with Roberto Manzocco. ht...

Gary Cox opens up G.E. Moore’s ethics, and his open question argument.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/143/The_Moore_the_Merrier

M.G. Piety quickly considers condensed contemplation.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/143/Flash_Philosophy

Seán Moran takes a bird’s-eye view of risk.

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

John Tamilio III augments the arguments of Peter Singer.

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

Raymond Tallis dreams up a flight of philosophical fancy.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/76/Zhuangzi_And_That_Bloody_Butterfly

Alexander Joy on the importance of not hurting future people.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/130/Ethics_of_the_Future

Anita Silvers describes a booming area of philosophical enquiry and explains how considering the perspectives of the disabled can help philosophy in general.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/30/Philosophy_and_Disability_an_overview

Benedict O’Connell asks, must reasoning ultimately rest upon mere assumption?

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

Douglas Groothuis reports an unexpected meeting of minds.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/128/At_the_Existentialist_Park

Michael Baumann lists eight essential questions for judging the reliability of information.

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

Jenni Jenkins argues, probably not.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/122/Would_Plato_Allow_Facebook_In_His_Republic