Katherine Furman on communities and contagion.
Essays
These are (mainly) longer form essays. Many of those written prior to 2024 also appeared in the print version of The Philosophers’ Magazine.
Philosophy, In a Sense
Constantine Sandis on Doing Nothing in the Time of Covid-19.
New Moral Questions and Refugees
Should we extend protections to those fleeing Covid-19, asks Mollie Gerver.
Capitalism After Covid
Julian Friedland shows how the pandemic might inspire a more virtuous economy.
Civility and Disappointment
Amy Olberding on the problems civility solves.
Deluded Departments
Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay on the contemporary sophistry that’s poisoning academic philosophy.
Politicians, Boris Johnson and Intellectual Vices
Quassim Cassam looks at the conduct of our politicians through the lens of vice epistemology, and asks how useful an understanding of epistemic vices is as a tool of political analysis?
Things: In Touch with the Past
Reviewed by Erich Hatala Matthes.
Ancient Arguments For Vegetarianism
G. Fay Edwards examines some bizarre ancient arguments against eating our fellow creatures.
Doing Philosophy as Teaching Philosophy
Alexandra Bradner and Andrew P. Mills argue that teaching is a lot more than just telling.