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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 1h

A reader on holiday in Albania just sent us this photo: "Greetings from #Tirana. I thought you would appreciate the journals in the lovely bookshop in the main square. Brilliant. A very good bookshop too." #philosophy

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why does love go wrong? In WutheringHeights, Heathcliff is cruel, vengeful and destructive. But does that mean he cannot really love Catherine? Michael Au-Mullaney on Brontë, Løgstrup, Fromm, and why love may need ethics without being reducible to it: philosophynow.org/issues/175/W...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Massimo Pigliucci revisits Cicero to argue that skepticism isn’t about doubting everything, but about holding beliefs provisionally, and changing our minds when better evidence comes along: philosophynow.org/issues/175/C...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who is permitted to be a victim, and who vanishes into statistics? Anton Koslov examines how the language of "collateral damage" can make some civilian deaths easier to absorb: philosophynow.org/issues/175/O... Also in Issue 175: Just War Theory, and Between Missiles & Morality.

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why can even things we want to do become boring? Cheryl Fok on boredom, expectations, and the pressure of what we think we should be enjoying in issue 175: philosophynow.org/issues/175/B...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Is philosophy or psychology a better way to “know thyself”? While psychology maps the mind as an empirical object, philosophy asks if the self is an object at all - or an eye trying to see itself. Read in Issue 175: philosophynow.org/issues/175/W...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Did Thomas Hobbes invent the graphic novel? Columnist Matt Qvortrup explains the visual philosophy on his shirt. Speaking of iconic duos, read Matt’s new column on Philosophical Power Couples: philosophynow.org/issues/175/P...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What makes analytic philosophy analytic? Alexander Jeuk argues it lost its methodological foundations after Quine. But does his account give intuitions too much weight – and arguments too little? Are you Team Continental or Team Analytic? 👩‍🎨🕵️‍♀️ philosophynow.org/issues/175/W...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"God is dead," said Nietzsche. "Reality is dead," says Hilary Lawson. Watch our full interview: youtu.be/BXmV-vnJ3cA?... Get 20% off HowTheLightGetsIn London (Sept 19-20) tickets with code PHILNOW20! (featuring Lawson and others)

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is reality dead? Our new interview with post-realist philosopher and founder of HowTheLightGetsIn Festival Hilary Lawson explores his theory of "closure". Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXmV... Heading to HTLGI London next weekend? Use PHILNOW20 for 20% off tickets!

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Interview with Hilary Lawson: Post-Realism, Truth, and the Philosophy of Closure

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If autonomy is a job requirement, does it count as freedom? In Hustle Culture & the Illusion of Freedom (issue 175), Daneyal Afaqui turns to Adorno to examine how the promise of individual freedom can become a surprisingly effective form of social control: philosophynow.org/issues/175/H...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We are briefly interrupting our social media August break to let you know that Philosophy Now is an information partner of HowTheLightGetsIn London 2026. 19–20 September, London, Hampstead Heath Get 20% off with code PHILNOW20 Explore the programme: howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/lo...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New issue 175 OUT NOW, themed on #ContinentalPhilosophy: Simone Weil on animal suffering, Adorno on hustleculture, Foucault on liberalism, Jünger on rebellion, Deleuze & Guattari having fun, plus just war, boredom, long-term thinking, and Wuthering Heights. Explore: philosophynow.org

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

From Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris to New Cross, London, the café philosopher tradition continues. 35 years after founding Philosophy Now, Rick Lewis is still writing and editing, here at La Cafe Boulangerie, his unofficial office and a local favourite. #PhilosophyNowAndThen

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

From a small British magazine to the most widely read philosophy periodical in the English language - with the same basic aim throughout: to make philosophy exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible. THANK YOU to everyone who has read, written, argued and thought with us along the way!

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In “What’s the Value of Mountaineering?”, Suleyman Moollan explores how climbing cultivates virtues such as courage, perseverance, and resilience: philosophynow.org/issues/174/W...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

These "talmudic words" (according to Anaïs Nin) echo one of Kant's central insights: we never encounter reality as completely neutral observers. Patrick Cannon explains why in Kant at the Bar, a reader's all-time favourite PN piece: philosophynow.org/issues/95/Ka...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Should controversial thinkers and ideas be published? In our latest issue, Philosophy Now published an interview with Antonio Negri (1933-2023), one of the most influential and controversial Marxist philosophers of recent decades: philosophynow.org/issues/174/A...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

From Russian Cosmism to life extension and space exploration, Andy Yee explores a radical possibility: that transcending death and humanity's expansion into the cosmos may be two sides of the same ambition. Can science defeat death - and should it? philosophynow.org/issues/174/I...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Our reader Jon Sheppard (in response to another reader) argues that philosophical inspiration can be found anywhere, and should be looked for everywhere. What do you think: is there anything that can’t be philosophical? Reader letters: philosophynow.org/issues/174/L...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

In The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, the apprentice enchants a broomstick, but doesn’t know how to make it stop. A cautionary tale for the age of AI? Frank S. Robinson reviews Harari’s Nexus for Philosophy Now: philosophynow.org/issues/174/N...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Insightful description of politics, or a dangerous way to think about it? Marco Pandolfini revisits controversial legal theorist Carl Schmitt, whose ideas continue to influence debates on politics, sovereignty and liberal democracy: philosophynow.org/issues/174/C...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

When a genetically enhanced villain in Star Trek: Enterprise quotes Nietzsche, is he misunderstanding the philosopher, or taking his ideas to their logical conclusion? philosophynow.org/issues/174/S...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

"I could interrogate every person who ever existed... It would be paradise!" Each week, Corey Mohler draws a new @existentialcomics.com . We publish one in every issue of Philosophy Now. This issue features the one that reimagines the last minutes of Socrates' life.

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In Why Sport Needs Good & Evil (issue 174), Kola Adeosun & Ato Kenya Rockcliffe explore why rivalry often takes on a moral dimension: philosophynow.org/issues/174/W...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

What if ethics begins not with rules, but with the way we speak to one another? Jürgen Habermas believed that mutual recognition is built into genuine communication. Matt Qvortrup recalls his "Breakfast with Habermas" in issue 174: philosophynow.org/issues/174/B...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"Past the sell by date! But it could be fine? Or the end of me...." Cartoon by Juno Browning for the latest issue of Philosophy Now

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Does death diminish life, or define it? Joshua Clements explores Corey Anton's metaphor of death as life's picture frame, drawing on Gregory Bateson, Epictetus and Albert Camus to ask whether mortality is what gives life its meaning: philosophynow.org/issues/174/D...

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What Next 🤔 @thinking321.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Known for tackling the big stuff @philosophynow.bsky.social in their June/July 2026 issue take on what might be the biggest. Life and Death. Why does death matter? Why does life matter? What matters now is reading this magazine! #Philosophy

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Should a thinker's moral failures change how we engage with their ideas? History is full of brilliant minds with deeply flawed lives. Tony Shenton argues that refusing to celebrate someone does not entail refusing to study them: philosophynow.org/issues/174/G...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Avishai Margalit argues that a compromise becomes "rotten" when it institutionalises humiliation. Political necessity may justify many things, but not treating people as less than moral equals. But is humiliation a clear enough criterion? Read in issue 174: philosophynow.org/issues/174/M...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"Death is tragic because it eliminates everything that would have followed in life." Jimmy Licon explores Don Marquis' influential "future like ours" anti-abortion argument and its surprising implications for eggs, chickens, and moral consistency: philosophynow.org/issues/174/M...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This month we're celebrating 20 years of Philosophy Now editor Grant Bartley 🎉 Grant is also the author of the philosophical fiction story The Tragic Destiny of Life on Earth, featured in our current issue: philosophynow.org/issues/174/T...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ancient Greece's guide to living well here. Massimo Pigliucci argues that all three Delphic injunctions are really about knowing your limits. Today, is respecting your limits wisdom, or surrender? philosophynow.org/issues/174/T...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

If someone offered you immortality, would you accept? In Who Wants to Live Forever?, Dan Pollen explores Williams's challenge and the philosophers who think he may be wrong: philosophynow.org/issues/174/W...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The new issue of Philosophy Now is JUST OUT. If death is inevitable, does that diminish life's meaning and value - or create them? Issue 174 explores mortality, immortality, antinatalism, ethics, Camus, Hannah Arendt, Star Trek, and more: philosophynow.org

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

At a recent talk on common sense, Anja Steinbauer discussed Hannah Arendt's idea that common sense is what allows us to inhabit a shared world. If so, meaningful disagreement depends on common ground. How much shared reality is needed for genuine debate?

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Meet fortnightly on Zoom with Dr Anja Steinbauer and others at midnight (UK time) for a candlelit hour of thinking about life, the universe and everything. Tonight's topic is "Agnosticism". Entry from 23:45. Sign up at: www.meetup.com/london-philo...

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Midnight Philosophy: Agnosticism , Thu, May 28, 2026, 11:55 PM | Meetup

Meet up fortnightly with Anja and other philosophers at midnight (UK time) for a candlelit hour of thinking about life, the universe and everything. All meetings are free,

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Which philosopher would you pack for the beach? Our reader Steven Kent chooses Epicurus, celebrated by the followers on the 20th of each month - today. More featured reader letters: philosophynow.org/issues/173/L...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Philosophy Now has an app! Download here: philosophynow.org/digital

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Can knowledge exist without belief? Or is it a logical impossibility? In his philosophical review of Nosferatu, Ștefan Bolea explores reason, the unknown, Romanticism, Expressionism, and the darker corners of human experience: philosophynow.org/issues/173/N...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Is there a difference between legal permission and ethically meaningful consent? And what about collecting and reselling user data - normal business practice or a breach of privacy and trust? J.C. Michaels explores in "Code of Conduct" (philofiction): philosophynow.org/issues/173/C...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

If you found a watch on a beach, you’d assume it had a maker. So if nature is far more complex than a watch, does it too require a designer? William Paley’s famous “watchmaker argument” still fuels debates about God, design, and evolution: philosophynow.org/issues/173/W...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Anders Wallin argues that strong welfare societies reduce the need for people to turn their lives into exhausting meaning-seeking projects. A humane society is one where most people can live decent, balanced, “unheroic” lives - think Scandinavian model: philosophynow.org/issues/173/L...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We all play multiple roles, shaped by our nature, circumstances, and decisions. The Stoics thought the challenge is to perform each well - not collapse them into one identity. Read Massimo Pigliucci's "Four Roles That Shape Life" in issue 173: philosophynow.org/issues/173/F...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Is philosophy of any use for real life conflict resolution - what's your experience? 🤔 Cartoon by Mike Shiell (issue 173)

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A new Hackett edition of On Liberty now credits Harriet Taylor Mill as co-author. But when is it justified to revise authorship, and on what grounds? Where do we draw the line between influence, contribution, and authorship? More philosophy news: philosophynow.org/issues/173/N...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Is something right because God commands it, or does God command it because it is right? Best known as Plato’s Euthyphro Dilemma, this question has long shaped debates across traditions. Is divine law fixed, or open to interpretation? And what follows? philosophynow.org/issues/173/I...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

What happens when distance turns people into “dots”? Philosophy Now Founder Rick Lewis gives a lecture on objectivity, perspective, and moral detachment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZHJ...

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Philosophy Now @philosophynow.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

What does our laughter say about us? Comedy can bond us, relieve tension, or act as a social weapon. But does what we find funny reveal who we are? On Charlie Chaplin’s birthday, a philosophical look at humour: philosophynow.org/issues/173/I...

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Is Comedy Good for Us? | Issue 173 | Philosophy Now

Damaris Stock has a laugh with Plato and friends.

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