Ideas

Cosmopolitan Emotions?

When disaster falls or tragedy strikes, what are the borders of our emotions and our compassion?

What’s Wrong With Terrorism?

In this article, chair of the Humanist Philosophers' Group, Richard Norman, scrutinises definitions of terrorism.

Thoughts on Animals

Philosopher Julian Baggini asks who should speak for the animals

God and the Modern Scientist

How can we understand anything? asks Pater Landsberg

Natural Born Philosophers

Children are natural born philosophers argues Stephen Law

Philosophy beneath the clouds

Orlando Radice talks to Nigel Warburton

To tell the truth

Is belief in religion and belief in science the same kind of thing, asks philosopher Daniel Dennett

Trust within Reason

Haydn Mason on different forms of rationalism

Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster

Nina Power deconstructs a contemporary parable

Reason, the slave of passions

My own god is David Hume says Ludovic Kennedy