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Irrational Animals

Overcome with anger, you take the photo of your enemy and scratch out their eyes. According to Rosalind Hursthouse, this reveals two important ways in which our conduct is not ruled by reason. Here is a short summary of her important ideas, to accompany the Mobile Philosopher book series Hosted o…

Island Universes

Here is the Problem of Other Minds, plus fascinating trousers, pretend headaches and a vivid dream about a monkey. Are the inner depths of other people unknowable? Huxley says that we are isolated from each other; the lovers try in vain to "fuse their insulated ecstasies". I summarise John McDowel…
I'm pretty sure water expands when it freezes, but I can't recall how I know that. Most of our beliefs are like this: we can't remember their justification. But surely it is irrational have a head full of beliefs you cannot justify? I summarise a radical reply from Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650) and …
Which of your friends would clean up your sick? Your true friends, surely. But what is a true friend? And is Aristotle correct that there is a sad contradiction at the heart of true friendship? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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