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by Joel Marks - Interpreting The World, Changing The World
Onora O’Neill argues for the value of philosophical research. - Cutting God in Half
Nicholas Maxwell on the urgent need to dissect the Deity.
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EDITORIAL
Can Science Explain Consciousness?
by Philip Goff
NEWS
Martha Nussbaum Calls for Wrinkly Rebellion • Mass extinction • Mass migration • Morality bubbles on Twitter — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
RADICAL THEORIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Philip Goff thinks that everything has some degree of consciousness.
Neutral Monism: A Saner Solution to the Mind/Body Problem
Sam Coleman seeks a balance between two extreme views of consciousness.
The Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness
Hedda Hassel Mørch asks: what is IIT all about?
Does Consciousness Cause Quantum Collapse?
Kelvin McQueen asks whether minds could directly influence physical reality.
ARTICLES
Beyond Bullshit: Donald Trump’s Philosophy of Language
Chris Gavaler and Nathaniel Goldberg analyze Trump’s mode of communication.
Eric Kincanon says that Leibniz could have predicted the Big Bang in 1715.
Luther’s Contribution to Feuerbach’s Atheism
Van Harvey traces one of the more unexpected consequences of the Reformation.
David Rönnegard articulates some uncomfortable truths about mortality.
What Sorts of Things Exist, & How?
The following endeavours at listing the existing each win a real solid book.
The Further History of Sexuality: From Michel Foucault to Miley Cyrus
Peter Benson philosophically explores changing attitudes towards sexuality.
Alistair MacFarlane traces the life of an influential political theorist.
LETTERS
Change Now! • A Note On A Note • Eating Pygs • Foolish To Be Wise • Out of the Minds of Children • Balance of Possibilities • Natural Disasters • Hobbes on Hume! • Multiple Afterlives
COLUMNS
by Terence Green
Peter Adamson on skepticism in the history of philosophy.
Raymond Tallis argues that mind is not everywhere.
REVIEWS
Ponderings II-VI: Black Notebooks 1931-1938 by Martin Heidegger
Mahon O’Brien asks how far the first English translation of Martin Heidegger’s notebooks show him to be a Nazi.
Freedom’s Right by Axel Honneth
Peter Stone questions if it’s worthwhile trying to update Hegel’s politics without addressing his problems.
Kaya York experiences monism, mysticism, and Schopenhauerian ethics while playing David OReilly’s video game.
FICTION
by Thomas Machter
Daniel Harper peers into the murky depths.
CARTOONS
by Melissa Felder
