ARTICLES | The Philosopher

10 min read

"The Future of the History of Philosophy" by Josh Platzky Miller and Lea Cantor

"We should abandon the idea of a 'Western Philosophy' and re-examine the history of philosophy without its distorting effects."

Joel Michael Reynolds

8 min read

The New Basics

"Bodymind" by Joel Michael Reynolds (Keywords: Phenomenology; Embodiment; Disability; Care)

"We still judge the worth of a person, and even entire groups, based on their bodies. We still do so to the point of death."

Mel Andrews

8 min read

Essays

"Philosophy in the Trenches and Laboratory Benches of Science": An Essay by Mel Andrews

"Philosophers are trained in the kind of abstract critical reasoning that is problematically absent from the sciences today."

"The Hegemony of Now": A Review of "Chronos: The West Confronts Time" by François Hartog

Daniel Woolf

12 min read

Reviews

"The Hegemony of Now": A Review of "Chronos: The West Confronts Time" by François Hartog

"As a species, we still glance at the future, but it is now through a foreboding mist of dread more than an aspirational cloud of hope."

Peter West

11 min read

Essays

"Otherworldly Science: Margaret Cavendish’s Critique of the Experimental Method" by Peter West

"The study of 'other worlds' can only be worthwhile if it ultimately helps us to better navigate the world which we currently inhabit."

Kris Sealey

10 min read

The New Basics

"Other" by Kris Sealey (Keywords: Race; Critical Black Studies; Recognition; Pseudoscience)

"The racialization central to modernity orients otherness in terms of what is human, and what is, in some iteration, humanity’s 'other'."

Ajahn Sucitto

20 min read

Conversations

"Finding Refuge": A Conversation with Ajahn Sucitto (Keywords: Buddhism; Mind-Body; Perception)

"We may have done amazing things with the rational mind in the centuries since Descartes, yet there is still pain, anxiety, and depression."

Michelle Bastian

10 min read

The New Basics

"Time" by Michelle Bastian (Keywords: Continental Philosophy; Metaphysics; Sociology; Capitalism)

"How societies should tell the time, including how they set their clocks, has not generally been seen as a philosophical problem."

Amie L. Thomasson

16 min read

Essays

"Philosophy as Conceptual Engineering " by Amie L. Thomasson (Keywords: Metaphysics; Metaphilosophy)

"Change the concepts, and you can change the inferences, and in turn you can change the social, legal, and even scientific practices."

William Davies

9 min read

The New Basics

"Feeling" by William Davies (Keywords: Facts; Knowledge; Mind-Body; Populism; Politics; Psychiatry)

"Feeling messes with the distinction between mind and body that is so foundational to modern concepts of the self."

Savannah L. Pearlman

13 min read

Essays

"Mutual Aid and a Pluralistic Account of Solidarity": An Essay by Savannah L. Pearlman

"There is something odd about the notion that merely sharing an identity feature with someone else is a sufficient basis for solidarity."

Serene J. Khader

15 min read

Essays

"What Should Feminists Want from a Conception of Autonomy?" An Essay by Serene J. Khader

"Relational conceptions of autonomy end up licensing various types of paternalism to which feminists should object."

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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