The following answers to this artful question each win a random book. Art is something we do, a verb. Art is an expression of our thoughts, emotions, intuitions, and desires, but it is even more ...

The Human Experience Empathy & Sympathy James R. Robinson asks, how do they relate, and how do they differ? ‘Empathy’ and ‘sympathy’ are often used interchangeably, becaus ...

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One popular idea about what is uniquely human, is that what sets humans apart from the other animals is our ability to think ...

Blessing or Curse? John Creigan considers whether hope helps us thrive or holds us back. Hope is often celebrated as one of ...

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Articles Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray Colin Stott contemplates Macmurray’s reunifying thinking. John Macmurray ...

Not as much as some people think, says Phil Badger. What is being referred to when we speak of ‘The Enlightenment’ is not always easy to pin down, but in broad terms, it can be considered as an ...

Stephen Anderson sternly judges a cause célèbre. There was a time – some years ago – when to profess disbelief in a Supreme Being could be hazardous to one’s health. You could get hacked to pieces ...

Ramsey McNabb introduces moral particularism. Usually, when someone is called a ‘person of principle’ it is meant as a compliment. For the most part, we take that phrase as applying to the ethical ...

Articles The Importance of Nature for Thought Gerardo Posada considers some of the philosophical benefits of green spaces.