Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most widely read and influential texts in medieval Europe. Its influence can be clearly seen in philosophical works as diverse as Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica and Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies. Likewise, it exerted a huge influence on medieval literature. Boethius wrote […]
Read MoreIn 2012, I first heard about the spate of self-immolations happening in the traditional lands of Tibet. It seemed every day more people burned themselves to death while publicly condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and praying for the Dalai Lama’s return from exile. These self-immolators were commemorated in the Tibetan Martyr’s Memorial in Dharamsala, […]
Read MoreAdolf von Harnack in May 1923, public domain. The term “essence of Christianity” has an archaic feel about it, not unlike colloquial phrases such as “made in the shade” or “butter and egg man.” According to the Google Books Ngram Viewer, the phrase peaked around 1850—thanks to the George Eliot’s translation of Ludwig Feuerbach’s The […]
Read MoreIt’s not often that people nowadays invoke an ancient Greek philosophical concept but – without knowing that this is what they’re doing – this is precisely what happens, in certain parts of Britain, when people criticise someone else’s lack of common sense. In Yorkshire, in particular, you’ll still often hear someone voice this kind of […]
Read MoreThe eighteenth-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) became a towering figure in the history of Western philosophy because his thinking was revolutionary in many ways. Take one of his famous doctrines as an example: with what he called ‘transcendental idealism’ Kant believed he was radically reconceiving the nature of knowledge and reality in a way […]
Read MoreWhat if the Bible that sits on your shelf-the Bible you hear read from in services, the Bible from which your clergy preach sermons, the Bible held up by politicians inspired by its contents-was a lie? What if some long-lost-or long-suppressed!-text suddenly came to light, dating to the first century, overturning everything you, your clergy, and your politicians thought […]
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Read MoreStudying self-referring language is fun. This is the reason why so many philosophers talk about the logic of truth. When we talk about the truth or falsity of sentences, we use language to talk about itself. My book, The Logic of Entailment and its History (Cambridge University Press, 2024), is not about truth, but about […]
Read MoreBoethius’ Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most widely read and influential texts in medieval Europe. Its influence can be clearly seen in philosophical works as diverse as Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica and Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies. Likewise, it exerted a huge influence on medieval literature. Boethius wrote […]
Read MoreIn 2012, I first heard about the spate of self-immolations happening in the traditional lands of Tibet. It seemed every day more people burned themselves to death while publicly condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and praying for the Dalai Lama’s return from exile. These self-immolators were commemorated in the Tibetan Martyr’s Memorial in Dharamsala, […]
Read MoreAdolf von Harnack in May 1923, public domain. The term “essence of Christianity” has an archaic feel about it, not unlike colloquial phrases such as “made in the shade” or “butter and egg man.” According to the Google Books Ngram Viewer, the phrase peaked around 1850—thanks to the George Eliot’s translation of Ludwig Feuerbach’s The […]
Read MoreIt’s not often that people nowadays invoke an ancient Greek philosophical concept but – without knowing that this is what they’re doing – this is precisely what happens, in certain parts of Britain, when people criticise someone else’s lack of common sense. In Yorkshire, in particular, you’ll still often hear someone voice this kind of […]
Read MoreThe eighteenth-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) became a towering figure in the history of Western philosophy because his thinking was revolutionary in many ways. Take one of his famous doctrines as an example: with what he called ‘transcendental idealism’ Kant believed he was radically reconceiving the nature of knowledge and reality in a way […]
Read MoreWhat if the Bible that sits on your shelf-the Bible you hear read from in services, the Bible from which your clergy preach sermons, the Bible held up by politicians inspired by its contents-was a lie? What if some long-lost-or long-suppressed!-text suddenly came to light, dating to the first century, overturning everything you, your clergy, and your politicians thought […]
Read More2024 promises to be a year of decision for democracies worldwide, with important elections scheduled in Taiwan, Venezuela, Mexico, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Several of these elections are taking place in countries with relatively fragile democracies, and where the voters themselves are uncertain about the political health and stability of their […]
Read MoreStudying self-referring language is fun. This is the reason why so many philosophers talk about the logic of truth. When we talk about the truth or falsity of sentences, we use language to talk about itself. My book, The Logic of Entailment and its History (Cambridge University Press, 2024), is not about truth, but about […]
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Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P., is a friar preacher, professor of theology, and member of the Thomistic Institute at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He is the author of Emergence: Towards A New Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science (2019), and Divine Action and Emergence: An Alternative to Panentheism (2021).
Jesse Spafford is a Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington. His work explores debates between libertarians, socialists, and anarchists over the moral status of the market and the state, and he is the author of a number of articles in journals including Philosophical Studies, Synthese, and the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy.
Edwin Mares is Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington. His publications include Relevant Logic: A Philosophical Interpretation (Cambridge, 2004).
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