Articles Bertrand Russell Stalks The Nazis Thomas Akehurst on why Russell blamed German fascism on German philosophy. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is best known for his activities at the very ...

Albert Camus Camus: Between Yes & No Ray Boisvert tells us about Camus’ essential ambivalence towards the world. If ever there were a poster child for French meritocracy, it would be Albert Camus. He ...

Science & Morality Science & Philosophy: A Beautiful Friendship Amy Cools reminds us why science needs philosophy. There’s been some very public dig-taking between the science and philosophy camps ...

Articles The Philosophy of Organism Peter Sjöstedt-H introduces Whitehead’s organic awareness of reality. The philosophy of organism is the name of the metaphysics of the mathematician and philosopher ...

Empathy Physicalism & Empathetic Understanding Michael Philips argues that the possibility of empathy is incompatible with the idea that the world is physical through and through. A few years ago I ...

I recently uncovered the nature of reality from a man on a flaming pie, who handed me a herbal cigarette. I now know that previously I was a body in a vat being poked by a malignant demon. I was only ...

‘Meaning’ is a word referring to what we have in mind as ‘signification’, and it relates to intention and purpose. ‘Life’ is applied to the state of being alive; conscious existence. Mind, ...

Articles The Last Messiah The first English version of a classic essay by Peter Wessel Zapffe, originally published in Janus #9, 1933. Translated from the Norwegian by Gisle R. Tangenes. One night in ...

Nietzsche Reloaded Nietzsche’s Übermensch: A Hero of Our Time? Eva Cybulska dispells popular misconceptions about this controversial figure. “Man is a rope, fastened between animal and Übermensch – a ...

Philosophical Science Chaos & An Unpredictable Tomorrow Peter Saltzstein finds that Chaos Theory yields unexpected philosophical results. The future is not what it used to be. I mean, an intriguing ...

Articles Nietzsche and the Problem of Suffering Van Harvey on the metaphysical aspects of an anti-metaphysical philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche shared at least one fundamental concern with the ...

Articles Lottery or Lootery? Gordon Giles asks whether the national lottery is immoral. It is impossible to contemplate the ethical value of something unless one knows what it is. Where the National ...