Ludwig Wittgenstein’s brilliant early work has had a lasting influence on philosophy, though almost no one has agreed with his conclusions – not even Wittgenstein himself.
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Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific challenges which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find difficult to accept.
The word ‘evil’ sends a clear message – or does it? There are deep tensions in what the word means, and what it can accomplish.
There’s a perfectly good alternative to dark matter, but most scientists aren’t keen on the idea.
As strategies go, whataboutism is more attack than debate. Using it isn’t about reasoned argument but winning a fight, no matter the cost to truth.
Children are taught to value the lives of other species less, according to a new study.
Julian Barnes’ Elizabeth Finch is an unrequited love story and a philosophical novel that asks how we understand ourselves and others.
Cutting-edge theories of physics suggest time may not be real – but even if they’re right, life can still go on as usual.
Apple TV’s Severance imagines what would happen to our sense of self if we could completely separate our work and home lives.
Hountondji both disrupted and shaped ideas on African philosophy. He is a grandfather of today’s decolonial movement.
The unique power of story is like a sharp knife, writes Claire Corbett. It is neither good nor evil, but can cut both ways.
What if cultivating your authentic self doesn’t involve self-reflection, but instead means focusing on what feels good and natural?
In his latest book, David Brooks questions human exceptionalism, drawing on the work of a wide range of thinkers and writers.
Written more than 200 years ago, Kant’s Toward Perpetual Peace sets out a plan for peace we can still aspire to achieve.
A focus on raw intellectual talent may unintentionally create a cutthroat workplace culture. New research suggests women’s preference to avoid that environment may contribute to gender gaps in some fields.
It is important to help young people understand what misogyny is and how it can lead to violence.
Warren Ward’s Lovers of Philosophy thoughtfully, and only a little salaciously, explores the impact of philosophers’ love lives on their thinking.
On International Women’s Day, two women writers discuss feminism, writing in the age of Trump and Covid – and being ‘flabbergasted’ by the absence of birth from Western art and philosophy.
Ama Ata Aidoo recognises the differences between humans and the existence of a history in which some humans are dehumanised.
We need long-term solutions, but the idea has been hijacked by a worldview that downplays climate risks.
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