Philosophy Now

Philosophy Now is a magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It isn't afraid to tackle all the major questions of life, the universe and everything. It tries to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics. It contains articles on all aspects of philosophy, plus book reviews, film reviews, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

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One Logic, Or Many? • Owen Griffiths and A.C. Paseau try to count them.

Humans, the Believing Animals • Aristotle says humans are rational animals but Kevin Currie-Knight argues that our capacity for belief is even more fundamental.

SiMON + FiNN

World Wide Web or Library of Babel? • Marco Nuzzaco wants us to see the net as something more than a library.

The Rime of the Ancient Geometer • ‘Squaring the circle’ is an ancient problem in geometry, of constructing a square with the same area as a given circle using only a compass and straightedge. The task is mathematically impossible, but nonetheless attracted many ardent cranks and charlatans over the centuries.

Postmodern Flames In Brazil • Marcos A. Raposo asks if postmodernism can survive science, and vice versa.

6 Signs You’ve Taken The Blue Pill • Lewis Vaughn tells you how you can know whether you’re a conspiracy theorist.

Bricolage: Natural Epistemology • D.E. Tarkington picks up ways of gaining truth, with inspiration from Deleuze, Guattari, and other continentals.

EXISTENTIAL COMICS • A comic by Corey Mohler about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world.

John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill on Equality in Marriage & Family • Lynn Gordon and David Louzecky compare the couple’s conjugal cogitations.

The Last Oracle

A Solution to the Trolley Problem • Rick Coste says the solution depends upon what we’ll realistically allow.

Virtual Dissolution • Maryna Lazareva says don’t be just a digital fish in the aquarium of social media.

Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821) • Depraved humankind: Wretched, lawless, and Godless, Behold the hangman!

The Theodicies of Allama Iqbal & John Hick • Muhammad Mohsin Masood compares the evolutionary thinking of theologian John Hick and poet-philosopher Muhammad Allama Iqbal.

Evil From The Outside • Martin Jenkins considers alternative explanations of suffering, somewhere between traditional monotheism and new atheism.

Rebecca Buxton • co-edited, with Lisa Whiting, The Philosopher Queens: The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women (2020). Reece Stafferton sat down with her to discuss the dilemmas women face, and have faced, when encountering philosophy, which throughout history has been dominated by men.

Letters • When inspiration strikes, don’t bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!

Philosophy For Everyday Life • Massimo Pigliucci considers the usefulness of philosophy.

Sapiens • Brian J. Collins critiques Yuval Noah Harari’s ethical and political incoherence, while Brad Rappaport meditates on a humanist reading of the Hebrew Bible. For Classics, Rose Thompson relates a redeeming myth by Friedrich Nietzsche.

The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture

The Birth of Tragedy

God Bless Karl Marx! • Peter Mullen uncovers the personal secrets of philosophers.

Wittgenstein: Stoppard’s Muse • Fergus Edwards finds Wittgenstein everywhere in Tom Stoppard’s plays, from...