Philosophy Now

Philosophy Now is a magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It isn't afraid to tackle all the major questions of life, the universe and everything. It tries to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics. It contains articles on all aspects of philosophy, plus book reviews, film reviews, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

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Exploring Atheism • Amrit Pathak gives us a run-down of the foundations of modern atheism.

The Battle

A Critique of Pure Atheism • Andrew Likoudis questions the basis of some popular atheist arguments.

Three Philosophical Arguments For God

Evil & An Omnipotent, Benevolent God • Zdeněk Petráček looks at the biggest problem facing monotheism.

A God of Limited Power • Philip Goff grasps hold of the problem of evil and comes up with a novel solution.

The Best Possible World, But Not For Us • Mohsen Moghri gives a Godless but principled response to the problem of evil.

Medieval Islam & the Nature of God • Musa Mumtaz meditates on two maverick medieval Muslim metaphysicians.

Metaphors & Creativity • Ignacio Gonzalez-Martinez has a flash of inspiration about the role metaphors play in creative thought.

Seeing & Knowing • Shashwat Mishra explores the limits of perception via the Molyneux problem.

Perpetuating the Santa Deception • Jimmy Alfonso Licon wonders whether pretending there’s a Santa is naughty or nice.

Plato’s Cave & Social Media • Seán Radcliffe asks, has Plato’s Allegory of the Cave been warning us of social media for 2,400 years?

SIMON + FINN

Trolls, Skeptics & Philosophers • Rosemary Twomey questions our online epistemology.

Philosophical Haiku

Robert Stern • talks with AmirAli Maleki about philosophy in general, and Kant and Hegel in particular.

EXISTENTIAL COMICS • A comic by Corey Mohler about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world.

Volney (1757-1820) • John P. Irish travels the path of a revolutionary mind.

Letters • When inspiration strikes, don’t bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!

Seneca On Anger • Massimo Pigliucci tells us how to avoid becoming irate.

Books • T.W.J Moxham reads Slavoj Žižek’s little book of Hegelian horrors, and Christopher John Searle recommends a study of which moves are allowed in logical arguments.

Prague 22: • A Philosopher Takes a Tram Through a City

Books • Barriers to Entailment

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE • Becky Lee Meadows considers questions of guilt, innocence, and despair in this classic Christmas movie.

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“I refute it thus” • Raymond Tallis kicks immaterialism into touch.

How Can We Make A Computer Conscious? • Each answer below receives a random book. Apologies to the entrants not included.

Cave Girl Principles • Larry Chan takes us back to the dawn of thought.