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Global Essay Contest 2024
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Islam in 10 Minutes
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Nothing
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Studying Philosophy at a Time of Automated Thinking
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The Universe as a Game
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The Fabled East
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The Province of the Mind
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Ineffable Understanding
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A Not Very Philosophical Zombie
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A Very Short Philosophical Dictionary
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A Language of One’s Own
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Necessary Vices
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The Ballad of Marie and Elsie
The Cicada and the Bird
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Passing Beyond Descartes
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Quiet Quitting
A Short History of Happiness
Stunning AI-Generated Art
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50 Answers
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Five Most Inspiring Philosophy Books
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Steven Cassedy: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Meaning
The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Consciousness
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The Knowledge-Effect
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The New Daily Philosophy Magazine
The Principle of Double Effect
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The Ukraine Conflict and the Ethics of War
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Immanuel Kant on Means and Ends
The Empathy Paradox
Marcus Aurelius on Opinions
In Praise of Pyrrhonian Scepticism
The Dialectic of Enlightenment
Taking the Crowded Bus of Life
Nothing Matters. Or Does It?
Meaning, Value, Death, and God
Highlights of 2021
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Five More Inspiring Philosophy Books for Your Christmas
The Stoic View of the Self
Nanavira Thera
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Luis de Miranda on Esprit de Corps
Mother Knows Best
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Stoic Control
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Plato and the Ancient Politics of Wine
Is Lying Ethical?
If only I hadn’t done that...
Solitude and Contentment
Three Modern Hermits
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Retributivism and Uncertainty
Beauty discrimination
The Wisdom of the Dao
Is Prostitution Morally Right?
Gardens of Refuge
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Robert Rodriguez: The Book of Hermits
Dao De Jing: A Hermit’s Manual
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Moral Relativism: What is a good country?
Dao De Jing
Moral Relativism
Going Slow
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The Hermit of Suwarrow
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Technology and Freedom
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Does Gratefulness Make Happy?
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Grateful to No One
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Philosophy Crossword #006
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Death Penalty: Right or Wrong?
Six Reasons to Legalise Recreational Drugs
Epicurus: The Wise Man and the Fool
Philosophy Crossword #003
Enlightened Self-Interest
Chimeras: Animals as hosts for human organs?
Who Needs Cash Anyway?
Kant’s Praiseworthy Motivation
It’s A New Sun Every Day
Are You A Nihilist?
Philosophy Crossword #002
Psychological Hedonism
Who Owns Space?
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What to Do When People Talk #$!!~#
Simulating Pleasure
Legalising drugs
Old Age and Death
Reading Epicurus: Pleasure and pain
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Epicureanism: The Basic Idea
The Real Happiness Machine
Epicurus (341-270 BC)
Aldous Huxley’s “Island”
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A Short History of Love
Erich Fromm: How to Become a Loving Person
Timeline: The Life of Aristotle
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How Much Money Do We Need?
Who Gets the Vaccine First?
Decluttering the Mind
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To Have Or to Be
Erich Fromm on Our Relation to Technology
Erich Fromm: Society, Technology and Progress
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Richard Taylor on the Creative Life
History of Robots: From Albertus Magnus to the Blade Runner
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The Artificial Man in Ancient Myth
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What Is a Fair Share of Life?
Aristotle's Highest Good
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The Memories of Our Experiences
The Ethics of Eating Meat
Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love
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St Augustine on the Function and Pleasure of Sex
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Kant on Autonomy and Human Rights
Thales of Miletus
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Life Is a Skill
Aristotle on moral development
Do Unicorns Exist?
Love is All Around
September 26: Happy Birthday, Martin Heidegger!
Can love be forever?
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Let’s Talk About Love
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Freedom is always the freedom to think otherwise
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April 5: Happy Birthday, Thomas Hobbes!
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The Four Qualities of Life
August 19: Happy Birthday, Gene Roddenberry!
Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976)
How Happy Does This Make You?
Can we measure happiness in a survey?
Can We Be Wrong About Being Happy?
The Gift of Sinning. Autonomy, Surveillance and Freedom.
Aristotle’s Four Causes
Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index