Journeyman Philosopher

Philosophy, at its best, challenges our long held views, such that we examine them more deeply than we might otherwise consider.

Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Secret heroes

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A writer can get attached to characters, and it tends to sneak up on one (speaking for myself) meaning they are not necessarily the characte...
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Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Plato’s 2400 year legacy

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I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating: no one totally agrees with everything by someone else. In fact, we each of us change our v...
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020

Freeman Dyson: 15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020

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I only learned of Dyson's passing yesterday, quite by accident. I didn't hear about it through any news service. In this video, Dy...
Monday, 24 February 2020

Is Kant relevant to the modern world?

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I recently wrote a comment on Quora that addresses this very question, but I need to backtrack a couple of decades. When I studied philosop...
Friday, 14 February 2020

Philosophy in politics

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I wrote a letter to  Philosophy Now  (April last year) in response to an article about whether philosophy is still relevant in the modern, ...
Sunday, 9 February 2020

The confessions of a self-styled traveller in the world of ideas

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Every now and then, on very rare occasions, you have a memory or a feeling that was so long ago that it feels almost foreign, like it was e...
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Paul P. Mealing

Paul P. Mealing
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