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Lani Watson

9 min read

The New Basics

"Knowledge"by Lani Watson (Keywords: Social Epistemology; Epistemic Injustice; Post-Truth; Norms)

"Epistemic injustice occurs paradigmatically in cases where a person is dismissed or disenfranchised as a knower."

Catherine Wilson

13 min read

Essays

"Was it Always True that Slavery was Wrong?": An Essay by Catherine Wilson (Keywords: Realism; Anti-Realism)

"If there is to be learning and progress, then the unit that has learned or made progress has to be seen as endowed with a history."

Maria Baghramian

17 min read

Essays

"The Politics of Relativism": An Essay by Maria Baghramian (Keywords: Truth, Rationality; Ideology)

"To accept that there are many equally valid perspectives on values, justifications and the world does not logically necessitate tolerance."

Maximilian Gregor Hepach

14 min read

Essays

"Is Climate Real?" An Essay by Maximilian Gregor Hepach (Keywords: Planet; Weather; Phenomenology)

"The concepts of interest to philosophers are often, at first sight, the ones that seem the most trivial."

Samuel Moyn

21 min read

Conversations

"Humanising War, Obscuring Peace": A Conversation with Samuel Moyn

"I sense that humanisation is the problem as much as the solution because it masks efforts at domination."

Rima Basu

8 min read

The New Basics

"Belief": An Essay by Rima Basu(Keywords: Epistemology; Individualism; Stereotypes; Racism)

"We cannot go blithely into the world believing whatever we want because belief is a communal object."

Avram Alpert

20 min read

Essays

"There Is Nothing Better than Good Enough" by Avram Alpert (Keywords: Wisdom; Freedom; Cooperation)

"Human progress should not be defined in strictly material or spiritual terms, but in our capacity to unite the two."

Maeve McKeown

10 min read

The New Basics

"Responsibility": An Essay by Maeve McKeown(Keywords: Politics; Ethics; Agency; Global Justice)

"Cumulative human activities can impact on millions of geographically dispersed people in deeply harmful ways".

Reiland Rabaka

10 min read

The New Basics

"Intersectionality": An Essay by Reiland Rabaka (Keywords: Identity; Oppression; Black Feminism)

"Intersectionality offers multiply marginalized people a way to identify and interpret forms of violence, oppression, and exploitation."

Andy West

17 min read

Conversations

"Philosophy, Memoir, and Revelation": Andy West in Conversation with Adam Ferner

"I have no interest in arguing that memoir is actually philosophy and philosophy is actually memoir. I’m happy to cannibalise both."

Rivka Weinberg

7 min read

Essays

"Death is Overrated": An Essay by Rivka Weinberg (Keywords: Time; Meaning; Religion; Mortality)

"Regarding meaning, death just does what time would do eventually anyway, but perhaps more mercifully."

Eraldo Souza dos Santos

8 min read

The New Basics

"Violence": An Essay by Eraldo Souza dos Santos (Keywords: Politics; Structures; Domination; Racism)

"Violence cannot be understood only through the gesture of the blow, but equally through the systemic suffering that permeates our lives."

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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