Essay/History America’s hidden philosophy When Cold War philosophy tied rational choice theory to scientific method, it embedded the free-market mindset in US society John McCumber
Essay/History of Ideas The anger of Achilles Homer’s warrior is no mere tragic human figure: fuelled by anger, he is at once a man of honour and a sword of the gods C D C Reeve
Essay/Philosophy of Mind I attend, therefore I am You are only as strong as your powers of attention, and other uncomfortable truths about the self Carolyn Dicey Jennings
Essay/Meaning & the Good Life Do we matter in the cosmos? Humanity is nothing more than a microscopic blip in the universe. But does that mean we are insignificant? Nick Hughes
Idea/Politics & Government Even the ancient Greeks thought their best days were history Johanna Hanink
Essay/Gender & Sexuality The orgasm cure What if we could expand ecstasy, reduce stress and lift depression, all by delaying and extending orgasm? Peter von Ziegesar
Essay/Political Philosophy Theory from the ruins The Frankfurt school argued that reason is dangerous, mass culture deadening, and the Enlightenment a disaster. Were they right? Stuart Walton
Idea/Philosophy of Language Who needs a perfect language? It’s already perfectly imperfect Charlie Huenemann
Essay/History Why the Tudors still rule The Tudors are always good box office, but their melodramatic lives distract from a much deeper legacy of civic nationhood Anna Whitelock
Essay/History Resist or collaborate? The Nazis have occupied France. It’s easy to condemn the collaborators. But be honest: what would you really do? Robert Gildea
Idea/Fairness & Equality Marriage should not come with any social benefits or privileges Vicki Larson
Idea/Ethics Moral grandstanding: there’s a lot of it about, all of it bad Justin Tosi & Brandon Warmke
Essay/Religion Monks with guns Westerners think that Buddhism is about peace and non-violence. So how come Buddhist monks are in arms against Islam? Michael Jerryson
Essay/War & Conflict The legend of the Legion His cap is bleached as white as the bones of a Saharan camel. Is the romance of the French Foreign Legion a cult of death? Robert Twigger
Idea/Architecture & Landscape Feelings are a better way to discuss architecture than concepts Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Essay/Logic Philosophy tool kit Thinking like a philosopher need not be a strange and arcane art, if you get started with these tricks of the trade Alan Hájek
Idea/Stories & Literature The only line comedy shouldn’t cross is the no-laughter line Casey Michael Henry
Essay/History The new authoritarians Last century’s dictators wanted to reinvent their subjects as ‘new men’. This century’s strongmen just don’t care. Why? Holly Case
Essay/Stories & Literature Storyhealing Literature can enthuse medicine, and medicine can inspire literature. They are complementary treatments for being human Gavin Francis