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In a world afflicted by an absence of trust in authority and institutions of virtually all kinds, democracy is almost everywhere in retreat and the unfreedom of authoritarianism is on the rise. At the same time, humanity is falling farther behind in its endeavors to achieve ambitious global goals for human development through sustainable economic, […]
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When philosophers write about and explain actions they focus almost exclusively on so-called “intentional actions.” These are actions that are done for reasons, selected in the light of one’s beliefs and desires. But this narrow focus misses out vast swathes of human action, including habitual, speeded, skilled, and directly emotion-caused actions. Why? In part, it […]
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Karl Marx (1818–1883) began as a philosopher. But his subsequent relationship to philosophy, as his career developed, has been a subject of dispute. In my book, Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy, I offer a new interpretation of this relationship which fundamentally recasts Marx’s contribution to philosophy. It is clear enough that Marx was […]
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The “art world” comprises a complex, diverse set of people and institutions – an international, interdependent complex of artists, collectors, museum professionals, dealers, and auctioneers, with a large supporting cast of art historians, archaeologists, critics, experts, bronze founders, fine art printers, suppliers of artists’ materials, city planning commissions, corporate sponsors, governmental sources of funding, tax […]
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Whether you’re a wine connoisseur or not, you’ve likely had a moment at a party or a dinner where someone poured you a glass and expected that you would know what to do next. Give it a swirl, smell it, taste it, and then come up with a myriad of descriptions to describe its characteristics. […]
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What makes ‘a religion of peace’? This rarely-explained and occasionally maligned phrase has become a commonplace in 21st century speechcraft. Puzzlingly, it is rarely applied in a comparatively straightforward descriptive fashion – perhaps to distinguish the Mahāvratas of Jain monasticism or the idiosyncratic ethical doctrines of the Anabaptist Peace Churches. Rather, it finds its most […]
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In 1999 I was an area dean overseeing a group of clergy in west Norwich, England. Having encouraged my colleagues to read my first book, published the previous year, another priest suggested we read a book about theology and development. In it a Filipino activist described three forms of social engagement: working for, where I […]
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According to Thomas Aquinas, knowledge of first causes is the most fundamental kind of knowledge. Since a cause is an explanation – a reason why something is — to say things have no cause is to say that they have no explanation. Moreover there has to be a First Cause, because the First Cause is […]
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