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"Philosophy as a Vocation": An Essay by Catherine Wilson (Keywords: Descartes, Kant, Charles Fourier; Early Modern Philosophy)

The cryptic inscription on the tomb of the French social theorist Charles Fourier reads ‘Attractions are Proportional to Destinies.’ What...

Jason Stanley

10 min read

Essays

"The Philosophy of Fascism": An essay by Jason Stanley (Keywords: Political Philosophy; Nationalism)

The concept of democracy is not tied to a particular time and place. Even if democracy originated at some point, perhaps 5th and 4th...

Katherine Ritchie

8 min read

Essays

"Finding Social Groups in Networks of Relations": An essay by Katherine Ritchie (Keywords: Social Metaphysics; Identity; Politics)

Identities and identity politics are steeped in controversy. Politicians and pundits are criticizing students and those on the left for...

Chi Rainer Bornfree

7 min read

Essays

"Different but Equal": An essay by Chi Rainer Bornfree

There are so many different ways we find ourselves enmeshed in the problem of difference. It’s a political problem, when nations or...

Lucy Allais

18 min read

Conversations

"Transcendental Idealism": a conversation with Lucy Allais (Keywords: Kant, Metaphysics, Ethics)

This interview was originally published in The Kantian Catastophe? Conversations on Finitude and the Limits of Philosophy , edited by...

Béatrice Han-Pile

19 min read

Conversations

"The Analytic of Finitude": a conversation with Béatrice Han-Pile (Keywords: Foucault, Kant, History of Philosophy)

Anthony Morgan: I was hoping you could begin by saying a few things about Foucault specifically as a philosopher, given that he is...

Alexander Douglas

6 min read

Essays

"Philosophy and Hope": An Essay by Alexander Douglas

‘The use of philosophy’, wrote J.M.E. McTaggart (1866-1925), ‘lies not in being deeper than science, but in being truer than...

Editorial Team

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Editorial

List of Donors

"We would like to acknowledge the following donors and express our immense appreciation for their contributions in support of our work."

Anthony Morgan

9 min read

Editorial

"Being Fair and Not Going Bankrupt": An Essay by Anthony Morgan

"If The Philosopher can no longer afford to pay its contributors, do we have a moral duty to shut down?"

THE PHILOSOPHER

Published since 1923

THE PHILOSOPHER

Published since 1923

Official journal of the Philosophical Society of England (PSE), a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). Registered UK Charity No. 1205921.

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