Journeyman Philosopher

The latest issue of Philosophy Now (Issue 97; July/August 2013) has as its theme ‘The Self’ but there are a couple of articles that touch o...

Last week’s New Scientist (20 July 2013, pp.42-5) had an intriguing article on the relationship between demographics and economic health in...

I’ve written on this topic before and even given classes in it, as well as talks, but this is a slightly different approach. Basically, I’m ...

A 16 year old girl , shot by the Taliban for going to school, stands defiant and delivers an impassioned and inspirational speech to the U...

A couple of years ago I wrote a post about global feudalism , but it’s much worse than I thought. This eye-opening programme is sham...

I know I’m doing things back-to-front – arse-about - as we say in Oz (and possibly elsewhere) but, considering all the esoteric mathemati...