Journeyman Philosopher

 This is a post I wrote on Quora in answer to a question, where I gave all the reasons I don’t. It’s a far-ranging post, including science f...

This very question is at the centre of an essay published in Philosophy Now (Issue 170, Oct/Nov 2025, pp. 56-9) under the topic of Film , b...

 This was a Question of the Month , answers to which appeared in the latest issue of Philosophy Now (Issue 167, April/May 2025). I didn’t s...

 I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos of Alan Moore , who’s probably best known for his graphic novels, Watchmen and V for Vendetta ,...

 I’ve written on this topic before, more than once, but one could write a book on it, and Yuval Noah Harari has come very close with his lat...

  Philosophy Now (UK publication) that I’ve subscribed to for well over a decade now, is a bi-monthly (so 6 times a year) periodical, and i...

This is something I’ve written about before, so what can I possibly add? Sometimes the reframing of a question changes the emphasis. In this...

 At my mother’s funeral a few years ago, her one-and-only great-granddaughter (Hollie Smith) read out a self-composed poem, titled ‘What’s i...

 I read an article in Philosophy Now by Paul Doolan, who ‘taught philosophy in international schools in Asia and in Europe’ and is also an ...

 I’ve recently read 2 really good books on consciousness and the mind, as well as watch countless YouTube videos on the topic, but the title...

I’ve already cited Philosophy Now (Issue 162, June/July 2024) in my last 2 posts and I’m about to do it again. Every issue has a theme, and...

 This was a topic in last week’s New Scientist (8 June 2024) under the heading, The Happiness Trap , an article written by Conor Feehly, a ...