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Careers in Ontology: An Interview with Professor Barry Smith

In this interview, the Blog’s Philosophy and Technology Series Editor Charlie Taben interviews Barry Smith, who is a Distinguished Julian Park Professor of Philosophy and Professor...
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Philosophical Pessimism: Varieties, Importance, and What to Do

This article is the first of five biweekly blog posts exploring philosophical pessimism and related positions. This piece is about philosophical pessimism. It is...
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Reports from Abroad: Dr. Krishna Mani Pathak (Part 1)

This series questions and complicates what ‘reporting from abroad’ can mean in a globalised world that faces interconnected and local crises alongside forces grappling...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Antigone in the Americas

Andrés Fabián Henao Castro is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His research broadly seeks to rethink the relationship between...

Should We Embrace Nature as a God?

Can treating nature as a God be a solution to the problems of the climate crisis, or is that likely to cause even more...

Dig in and Look Beyond Appearances: Campus Politics Lacks Community

Katherine speaks to her old friend Nora about what political engagement on campus lacks, online politics, and helping to make our communities work.
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The Role of the Arts and Humanities in Thinking about Artificial Intelligence

This blog was originally published on the Ada Lovelace Institute website. It has been reproduced under Creative Commons License CC BY 4.0 and with permission from...

Deadly Drones, Killer Trollies

The following piece was originally published in The Philosophical Salon. The US military’s remote warfare has recklessly killed hundreds more civilians than previously disclosed, including many...
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Forefront of Research: Revista

In this Forefront of Research showcase, Miguel Ángel G. Calderón discusses his Spanish language philosophy blog, Filosofía en la Red, and their biannual digital...
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Reports from Abroad: Professor Peter Adamson

This series questions and complicates what ‘reporting from abroad’ can mean in a globalised world that faces interconnected and local crises alongside forces grappling...