16 Oct Philosophy & Psychology Are our choices pre-determined? 16/10/2024 By Jonathan Meddings 0 comments As I write these words, could I be writing something else? It seems intuitive to think I could. If I wanted to I could delete these wor... Continue reading
27 Jun Philosophy & Psychology Michel Foucault’s philosophy still speaks to a world saturated with social media 27/06/2024 By Cameron Shackell 0 comments Forty years after his death in Paris on June 25, 1984, many of Michel Foucault’s once radical ideas now seem self-evident. Even critics... Continue reading
24 Jun Philosophy & Psychology How asking the right question opens the path to deep knowledge 24/06/2024 By Elizabeth Dangerfield 0 comments According to all the advice on how to win friends and influence people, I should start this essay by explaining how the following words... Continue reading
14 Jan Philosophy & Psychology Talking together in the ‘big tent’ of free speech 14/01/2024 By John Corvino 0 comments People often extol the virtue of open-mindedness, but can there be too much of a good thing? As a college dean, I regularly o... Continue reading
25 Dec History Marcus Aurelius and stoic politics 31/01/2024 By Paul Monk 0 comments Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) was one of the so-called Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire – and the last of them – and a stoic philo... Continue reading
20 Dec Science & Health Intellectual humility is a key ingredient for scientific progress 20/12/2023 By Michael Dickson 0 comments The virtue of intellectual humility is getting a lot of attention. It’s heralded as a part of wisdom, an aid to self-improvem... Continue reading
04 Dec Philosophy & Psychology What philosophers say on the question of having children 04/12/2023 By Lena Springer 0 comments Parenthood has traditionally been considered the normal outcome of growing up – a side-effect of reaching maturity. Across Europe and t... Continue reading
09 Aug Philosophy & Psychology What 17th-century philosophy can tell us about artificial intelligence 11/07/2024 By Jack Dikian 0 comments René Descartes' interests extended to diverse subjects, and one of the most striking subjects he studied was machine thinking. That he ... Continue reading
11 Apr Philosophy & Psychology Je Suis Mill 14/01/2024 By Paul Monk 0 comments This is an edited extract from a dinner speech to the Liberal Club of the University of Melbourne, delivered on 10 December 2021 Abo... Continue reading