Philosophy
-
Why a good philosophical aphorism can be so powerful
Philosophy comes to us via long books, grand theoretical systems, complex and interwoven histories of thought that stretch back hundreds…
Read More » -
Renewing a Stoic philosopher’s Cypriot passport
Born in the 4th century BCE of Phoenician descent he was known as Zeno of Citium the Hellenic kingdom on…
Read More » -
We might not be able to understand free will with science.
Suppose you are thinking about doing something trivial, such as moving your index finger a little to the right. Daniel…
Read More » -
Struggling with the uncertainty of life under coronavirus?
I’m writing this in the inner north of Melbourne, near two major roads that normally provide a constant hum of…
Read More » -
Large-scale facial recognition is incompatible with a free society
Some progressive cities have banned some uses of the technology. Authors The Conversation Three tech companies have pulled facial recognition…
Read More » -
A Soft Spot for Atheism
Atheism is too serious a business to be left to the unbelievers. Costica Bradatan Commonweal They are too much into…
Read More » -
How non-religious worldviews provide solace in times of crisis
In fact, non-believers have their own set of secular worldviews which can provide them with solace in difficult times, just…
Read More » -
Lord of the Flies real-life story shows how humans are hard-wired to help each other – philosopher
One of the most important was William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954), in which a group of young schoolboys…
Read More » -
Agora Dialogue – targeted programmes in Greek
Founded in Australia, Agora Dialogue is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, independent organisation. Since 2016 the organisation’s main operations are carried out…
Read More » -
Why working remotely feels so jarring – according to philosophy
Just a day after my roommate insisted that he would continue to travel to the office regardless of any outbreak-related…
Read More » -
Guide to the Classics: Albert Camus’ The Plague
Unable to return to Australia, they were in lockdown. Matthew Sharpe The Conversation The hospitals were filling up fast, as…
Read More » -
Leaders as healers: Ancient Greek ideas on the health of the body politic
We have seen shocking footage of panicked citizens fighting over the last pack of toilet tissue, our politicians’ exasperation at…
Read More » -
Giorgio Agamben’s Coronavirus Cluelessness
The unprecedented uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic has decimated our carefully laid plans and unsettled our minds at equal pace.…
Read More » -
Thucydides and the plague of Athens – what it can teach us now
Words like “epidemic” and “pandemic” (and “panic”!) have become part of our daily discourse. Chris Mackie The Conversation These words…
Read More » -
Bertrand Russell’s home recordings discovered
Russell is regarded as one of the most significant British minds of the 20th Century – an eminent philosopher, an…
Read More » -
The meaning of life – a psychologist’s view
Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins, for example, claims that human beings are just “throwaway survival machines” whose only purpose is to…
Read More »