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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Xuanzang & the Gettier Problem • Maya Koka journeys through the desert to seek knowledge about knowledge.

The Philosophical Method of Exception • Peter Keeble spotlights and critiques a common philosophical technique.

Popper, Science & Democracy • Brian King follows Popper’s idea of the evolution of knowledge, life and society.

Don’t Mill On It

Challenging the Objectivity of Science • Sina Mirzaye Shirkoohi observes science to get the facts straight about it.

Gödel, Wittgenstein, & the Limits of Knowledge • Michael D. McGranahan takes us to the edge of language, mathematics and science.

The Epistemology Professor Losing it in Cincinnati

The Centennial of the Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial • Tim Madigan on the creation and the evolution of a legend.

A Crisis of Attention • Paul Doolan attends to our culture of attention demanding.

Weltschmerz and the World • Ian James Kidd takes a realistic and global view of the history of pessimism.

SiMON & FiNN

Philosophical Haiku

The Meaning of a Good Life • Following the sad news of Alasdair MacIntyre’s death recently, AmirAli Maleki argues that he and Miskawayh al-Razi shared a similarly Aristotelian vision of the way to live.

Question of the Month What Makes A Work Of Art Great? • Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to all the entrants not included.

Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995) • Robin Attfield looks at the life of a dedicated promoter of African philosophy.

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

Nine Spiritual Exercises • Massimo Pigliucci explains how to get Philo-Sophical.

Books • We follow mammal’s search for meaning, as Mark Vorobej savages John Gray’s book of impractical cat philosophy, while B.V.E. Hyde ponders the point of Jordan Peterson. In Classics, Hilarius Bogbinder reviews Plato’s Republic.

Two Books

Classics • The Republic

EXISTENTIAL COMICS • A strip by Corey Mohler about Plato’s Noble Lie.

The Beatles: Nothing is Real • Clinton Van Inman gets back to the psychedelic Sixties.

Pharmaco-Metaphysics? • Raymond Tallis argues against acidic assertions, and doubts DMT discoveries.

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The Post-Truth Kerfuffle • Susan Haack, who is Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts & Sciences, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Law, at the University of Miami, talks with Angela Tan about how and when we know.

Me, me, me? • Benjamin George Coles finds himself.