Daniel Kodsi and John Maier critically discuss Derek Parfit, as portrayed in a recent biography by David Edmunds.
Essays
These are (mainly) longer form essays. Many of those written prior to 2024 also appeared in the print version of The Philosophers’ Magazine.
Metaphilosophical Teaching
Kristopher Phillips argues that teaching philosophy is a way of doing philosophy.
On Seeing the Same Image Differently
Susanne Beweis and Holger Briel explore variation in visual perception.
Unexceptional Sex
Daniel Kodsi defends the sex-based account of woman.
Terminal Illness and Transformative Experience
Anand Vaidya on temporality and the transformative experience of a terminal illness diagnosis.
Are LLMs Natural Born Bullshitters?
Anand Vaidya considers whether LLMs, such as ChatGPT, care about the truth.
The Transgender-Rights Issue
Gary L. Francione on transgender-rights, equality claims, belief claims, and liberal pluralism.
Of Our Great Propensity to the Absurd and Marvellous
Paul Sagar explains how Hume can help us understand the appeal of conspiracy theories
The Art and Style of Crosswords
Robbie Kubala on the crossword puzzle as aesthetic experience.
Woman as Resource: A Reply to Catharine MacKinnon
Jane Clare Jones argues, contra MacKinnon, that decoupling sex and gender deprives feminist analysis of its explanatory power.
