When the advances made by the Scientific Revolution were applied to machinery, the Industrial Revolution was born. The ...

The belief that life exists outside of Earth is known as ‘cosmic pluralism’. Intriguingly, this was briefly a topic of ...

Political Philosophy Philosophers & Immigration Control Edward Hall argues that philosophers of immigration are not thinking it through. Much mainstream philosophical work on migr ...

Those familiar with game theory will probably know the game of ‘chicken’. But few are aware that the metaphor was formulated by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, who wrote: ...

Articles Wordsworth & Darwin Christine Avery wonders whether poetry can help us to deal with science. In his poetic ...

Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 was published over seventy years ago, in 1953, and yet continues to be a source of ...

When Cicero (106-43 BCE) translated the Greek word ēthos into Latin as moralis, he preserved a fundamental concept: how we conduct ourselves in relation to others. The idea of acting well remains ...

The place of women in Islam has always been controversial, especially as Islamic thinkers were always trying to describe the role of women using religious teachings.

Stephen Martin Fritz & Denise Morel contemplate what creates democracy. Vincent Di Norcia on monarchy and stability. Edward Hall argues that philosophers of immigration are not thinking it through.

Audren Layeux follows the doomed quest for state emancipation of the self. The contemporary world has given birth to a growing feeling of helplessness. Globalisation, once portrayed as promising a ...

Shashwat Mishra explores the limits of perception via the Molyneux problem. The Molyneux problem is a philosophical thought experiment that has been the subject of debate for centuries. It poses this ...

Paul Doolan tries to tell them apart. Movie director Ridley Scott is known for creating an authentic cinematic world within each of his films. The battle scenes in his newest blockbuster, Napoleon, ...