Thinking through film and music
The way in which film and music explore ideas is very different from the way in which philosophers do so, verbally and logically. But they are still doing philosophy.
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The too-believable truth
The culture of self-promotion has turned many who in other times would have been modest and self-effacing into boasters and braggers. They take things about themselves which are technically true and make them sound more impressive than they are. Here are four of the tropes I find most grating.
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If the Home Office and Starbucks yield to the temptation to address their failings only by introducing yet more policies or protocols, they will have failed to learn a more than two-millennia old lesson that remains just as important today.
ReadProud to be a faitheist
Last week I had the pleasure and privilege of being one of the plenary speakers at the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Theology at Nottingham. My acceptance of their invitation marks me out as a “faitheist”…
ReadWhy I don’t meditate
Even the hardest-nosed sceptic would find it difficult to deny that meditation brings a number of significant benefits. Why then don’t I meditate?
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