Philosophy
Michael Petrou, Alice Crary / January 24, 2018
A cruel leisure activity for the wealthy—or not so different from eating meat? Our contributors battle it out
Harry Harris / January 16, 2018
Gossip has always existed—in fact, it might even do us good. But what happens when rumour goes online?
Julian Baggini / January 1, 2018
We should pay attention to how people actually define themselves
Alex Dean / December 28, 2017
Most philosophers no longer tell us anything meaningful about the world at all. When he argued this in 2014, Peter Unger caused quite the controversy. And now he's back
Prospect Team / December 27, 2017
Love, terror and Percy Pigs: the best philosophy writing this year
Chris Townsend / November 17, 2017
If the Victorians turned Christmas ads into an art form, today’s offerings blur the boundary between culture and commerce entirely
James Garvey / November 13, 2017
The great philosopher offered a new way to think about how our social and political world is organised
Christiana Spens / November 3, 2017
The idea of women giving themselves over to dangerous men is deeply entrenched and popular, featuring in everything from romance novels to horror
Chris Townsend / October 19, 2017
The M&S star is 25 years old. But why has no-one considered the strangeness of a pig sweet made with real pigs?
Sid Simpson / October 3, 2017
Both sides of a growing US culture war draw inspiration from the German philosopher