Philosophy

Arguments for trail hunting merely come from wishful thinking motivated by a romanticised view of country life

Some thinkers treat critical thinking as a martial art, wanting to win the argument at any cost

Cats, Montaigne would've been relieved to know, are not on the menu in Springfield

Where is Han Solo when you need him?

If you’re lucky, it can be the most beautiful season of all

Many of us are hoping the prime minister's policy doesn't stray from pragmatic to heavy-handed

The exploration of genetic modification for space travel raises ethical questions about altering human biology

In somewhat grandiose fashion, the film star imagined his dog Loubo couldn’t continue to flourish in a world that no longer included him

In 5,000 years’ time, will people marvel at the accomplishments achieved today?

Is free will worth the price of unspeakable acts of violence?

The time may come where they’re viewed as fellow workers, treated with respect and consideration

A revised English version of the psychoanalyst’s texts reveals a tirade against Americans – but also a suggestion that he may have studied the president himself

American philosopher Thomas Kuhn's controversial thinking turned normal science on its head

The disappointing reality is that the American people won’t vote Joe Biden back into office – not being Trump won’t be enough

If the remnants of the Conservative Party are searching for inspiration, they should not look to Edmund Burke

For philosopher Tommie Shelby, Labour’s commitment to building more prisons is a sign of failure, short-termism, and nothing to celebrate

The epidemic of cynical tackles at the Euros evokes Søren Kierkegaard’s concept of the ‘teleological suspension of the ethical’

The philosopher’s observations of a Parisian waiter carrying out his job like an automaton led him to define a psychological phenomenon

Making sense of suicide is complex, which is why the classicist Edith Hall turns to ancient Greece to do so

For the philosopher Don Cupitt, God is the ideal we plan our lives around

Banning talk of sex from classrooms contradicts the openness and love of learning the philosopher strived for

Plato addressed many of the questions that have been at the centre of discussion for almost 2,500 years

For children and vulnerable adults, some level of state-enforced restriction can be benign

It’s not just through his writing that this important thinker will exert an influence long after his death

In many other countries in Europe, assisted dying is already legal and the UK should follow suit

But, according to Jean-Paul Sartre’s thinking, this may not be the cause for concern that society portrays it to be

The main takeaway I took from Glazer’s The Zone of Interest is different from the one the director intended

There are no signs that the commitment to the truth of Alexei Navalny’s allies will be deterred by violence

Verona’s infamous star-crossed lover can’t help today’s hopeful romantics

Coming up with satisfactory definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia is complicated yet important

Philosophers are more diverse than history has led us to believe