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...

 There is an article in last weekend’s Australian Weekend Magazine (8-9Nov2025) by Ros Thomas, provocatively titled, Love machine , but it’...

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...

 I’ve written on this topic before , where I pointed out that Left and Right political tendencies are based at least as much on personality ...

 This post arose from 3 articles I read in as many days: 2 on the same specific topic; and 1 on an apparently unrelated topic. I’ll start wi...

 I was going to post this on Facebook and still might, but I think my blog a more apposite home.   Evil arises out of complacency, which is ...

 This arose from an article I read in Philosophy Now (Issue 167, April/May 2025) by James R. Robinson, who developed his ideas while writin...

 As I mentioned in an earlier post this month, I’m currently reading Brian Greene’s book, Until the End of Time; Mind, Matter; and Our Sear...

 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...

 Whatever you might think about Noam Chomsky’s political views, I’ve always found his philosophical views worth listening to, whether I agre...

 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...