Five philosophical paradoxes
Alex Mortimer discusses some of the most perplexing philosophical paradoxes.
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Rites, ritual and renewal: the religious significance of Halloween
Evie Sproat explores the Celtic festival Samhain, Halloween’s earliest ancestor, in which the human world was believed to fuse with ethereal plains of ancestral and demonic spirits.
The simulation hypothesis: are we really real?
Alex Mortimer discusses the simulation hypothesis, the idea that our universe and everything within it is merely a simulation.
To be and not to be: an introduction to dialetheism
Alex Mortimer introduces dialetheism, the philosophical and logical view that there are true contradictions.
What is the point of philosophy?
Dain Ahn discusses the purpose of philosophical activity and questions if it should continue to be pursued as a discipline at all.
Travelling through Europe with Albrecht Dürer at the National Gallery
The National Gallery will soon be opening its doors to welcome travel and art fans to the Albrecht Dürer exhibition, bringing us on an immersive European cultural journey in the…
A New Year – it’s about time.
As the dust beings to settle on 2020, and the first month of the year is completed, come with me as I muse on the value of the New Year…
Are you a Fatalist?
Still, isn’t there something special about living a section of your life that you couldn’t now imagine not having? I think this is the essence of the lure of fatalism…
Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ : An investigation of the value of authentic performance in association with Durham University Classical Theatre.
Why should humanities students see this play? Read on to hear producer Isobel on the virtues of authentically performed Chekhov.
Lunch Tables Philosophized
Angelos Sofocleous discusses why people visiting the Palatine cafe alone sit at large, and not at small, tables, with some Sartre, Mill, and...the Cyprus problem.