Welcome to Philosophy Now. the bi-monthly magazine for everyone interested in ideas. Published since 1991, it was the winner of the 2016 Bertrand Russell Society Award.

The question of what a person is, isn’t exclusive to philosophy. Consequently, there are many answers. In a physiological and biological context, a person is a human with certain essential physiological and biological characteristics.

Immanuel Kant Kant’s Theory of Human Dignity Matt McManus explains why people have absolute worth. “What is related to general human inclinations and needs has a market price; that which, even without presupposing such a need, conforms with a certain taste has a fancy price; but that which constitutes the condition under which alone something can …

The Search for Meaning Philosophers Exploring The Good Life Jim Mepham quests with philosophers to discover what makes a life good.. I have attended a number of funerals recently and it has got me thinking. Imagine after you’ve died, your loved ones are sitting around, reminiscing about your life.

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Definition 1. A reality consists of the interactions of a particular thing with what ‘becomes’ for that thing.. Definition 2. Reality (with a capital R) consists of all realities.. Definition 3. The nature of a reality, or of Reality, is a description or explanation of that reality, or of Reality.

Shashwat Mishra explores the limits of perception via the Molyneux problem. The Molyneux problem is a philosophical thought experiment that has been the subject of debate for centuries. It poses this question: If a person who has been blind from birth were to …

Knowing Nothing. Some definitions or approaches to philosophy and philosophers aren’t entirely persuasive. Bikrama Bahuguna argues that “if philosophy is search of truth, a philosopher is one who is perpetually busy with the search of truth” (Layman’s Introduction to Philosophy and Life, 2009, p.123).Linking philosophy and truth is a common approach; but I …

The Greeks Aristotle’s Guide To Living Well Lawrence Evans contemplates Aristotle’s argument that happiness is the ultimate goal of human life, and that it can best be found in philosophical contemplation.. Aristotle’s most famous work on ethics is the Nicomachean Ethics, which aims to describe the ultimate end and good for human beings.. One of …

Articles A Solution to the Trolley Problem Rick Coste says the solution depends upon what we’ll realistically allow.. In a famous essay in the Oxford Review in 1967, Philippa Foot presented us with ‘the Trolley Problem’. It is no small statement to say it has vexed anyone with an interest in moral philosophy ever since.