Tag: Philosophy

Total Results: 114


"Tell them it’s been a wonderful life".  A still from Derek Jarman's 'Wittgenstein' (BFI)
05/16/2022 - 1:02am

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s war on philosophy He preferred the 'rough ground' of everyday existence

Terry Eagleton

Monday, May 9

09.05

Dr Strange and the perils of the multiverse Counterfactuals are rarely helpful in a political crisis

Dorian Lynskey

Tuesday, April 5

05.04

How philosophy sacrificed the truth Victimhood is more important than biological reality

Kathleen Stock

Tuesday, February 8

08.02

Why comedians stopped being funny It's safer to become a podcaster than tell a good joke

Dorian Lynskey

Wednesday, January 26

26.01

The importance of Bronze Age Pervert The radical Right flourishes in an atomised world

Murtaza Hussain

Thursday, January 20

20.01

Trashy Tories should read Roger Scruton His conservatism puts our politicians to shame

Giles Fraser

Monday, December 20

20.12

How we destroyed The Matrix Incels and trans activists are both fooled by its myth

Dorian Lynskey

Wednesday, October 20

20.10

Can Steven Pinker save the world? Behaving rationally doesn't always make sense

Boyd Tonkin

Friday, September 24

24.09

The West has lost its roots The less moored our identities become, the louder we shout about them

Paul Kingsnorth

Friday, July 23

23.07

The emptiness of open letters With enough signatories, any demand will be fulfilled

Daniel Skipper Rasmussen

Wednesday, July 21

21.07

The surprising legacy of the neocons Post-liberals would rather forget their intellectual predecessors

Oliver Wiseman

Friday, June 25

25.06

Nationalists make better lovers Our toxic political culture needs more Eros

Giles Fraser