The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.
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Sunday 21 May 2017
Forget the meaning of life; an ethical definition of awesome is far more important.
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Sunday 14 May 2017
The structure of the universe is written in stone—maybe. Dana Goswick talks metaphysics.
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Sunday 7 May 2017
When I die will I be dead? Sam Baron with a final look at the ultimate mystery
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Sunday 30 Apr 2017
Roger Ames on what Confucius might say to the modern world.
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Sunday 23 Apr 2017
The topic that’s sure to crash a conversation; the existentialists had a crack at it, but it might not be the best approach.
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Sunday 16 Apr 2017
Be careful with your intuitions about love; they might be all wrong.
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Sunday 9 Apr 2017
Philosopher of time Sam Baron is determined to lift the veil on the unknown. In the second of his conversations he turns to writer Brooke Davis, for whom life and death loom large.
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Sunday 2 Apr 2017
Death: we don't like to talk about it much yet it' core to the human experience. Time specialist Sam Baron has decided to tackle the beast in three probing sessions. First up, two bedrock views: the epicurean and the existentialist.
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Sunday 26 Mar 2017
The concept of a common humanity sounds like a good idea, but making it happen is complicated amidst 21st-century-style disruption.
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Sunday 19 Mar 2017
How unconventional couplings at the sub-atomic level challenge the theory of an intelligent cosmic designer.
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Sunday 12 Mar 2017
Organ transplantation is a giant leap forward. But the conversation lags miles behind. Julian Savulescu and Martin Wilkinson on the crucial things we need to consider.
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Sunday 5 Mar 2017
Philosophy can be both pedantic and combative. But is this the reason women drop out in droves? Mary Midgely recalls a brief golden period when women ruled.
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Sunday 26 Feb 2017
Alfred Mele has spent four years and four million dollars to try to get to the bottom of free will. He learnt that it was like petrol.
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Sunday 19 Feb 2017
Two plus: Carrie Jenkins untangles the moral from the metaphysical in romantic love.
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