Philosopher's Zone

When we die, our digital selves sometimes live on. The line between death and life — already blurred by medical technolo... Read more

Tired of having a casual, abstract flirtation with philosophy? It might be time to commit. A personal philosophy of life... Read more

Heidegger was an unrepentant Nazi. Nietzsche's later work contains passages that openly advocate slavery and genocide. T... Read more

Many of us have extra time on our hands at the moment, and for many of us that time can feel like a burden. But what is ... Read more

Boredom hasn't received a lot of philosophical attention — which isn't surprising, given that it suggests a radical abse... Read more

Consensus among citizens in the development of cities is always the goal — but it's rarely achieved. This week we explor... Read more

Artificial intelligence is helping us to make all sorts of decisions these days, and this can be hugely useful. But if w... Read more

As LGBT people grow old, they can become particularly vulnerable to social isolation and loneliness. Simone de Beauvoir ... Read more

Is philosophy experiencing an unprecedented crisis? And are universities becoming a hostile environment for philosophers... Read more

Institutions shape every aspect of our lives, yet they can be strangely amorphous things, operating according to norms a... Read more

These days it seems that critical thinking could be failing us – and we’re not sure why. Have too many people strayed fr... Read more

We casually talk about "Australia" as though it were a single entity. But what exactly is such a collective? And how can... Read more

Refugees are often spoken and written about as victims: people on the far side of a border that separates them from all ... Read more

We're told that COVID-19 is an unprecedented event, one that's upended all our old certainties — so it's perhaps strange... Read more

Can our genes tell us if we're gay? Or intelligent? Science says the answer is complex, and that genetic determinism — t... Read more

Speaking out against racism by insisting on the collusion of white people — even well-meaning ones — in a system that's ... Read more

The road has always been a great social leveller — we all get stuck in the same traffic jams. But with the advent of dri... Read more

Science welcomes dissent. Scientific progress depends on challenging and dismantling theories as well as verifying them.... Read more

Refugees have been with us for millennia, but the modern refugee exists under a distinctively modern set of circumstance... Read more

Ubuntu is an African tradition of thought whose ethical orientation is captured in the well-known aphorism “I am, becaus... Read more