Reviewed by Jon Elsby The Visionaries bears the subtitle “Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Salvation of Philosophy”, which suggests a possible kinship with other recent publications – for example, Metaphysical Animals by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman, Benjamin Lipscomb’s The Women Are Up To Something, and Nikhil Krishnan’s…
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Matthew Taylor
In the end, are religion and science compatible?
Does the answer lie in the ideas of Teilhard de Chardin? By Matthew Taylor In 2014, Pope Francis confirmed that the idea of the expanding universe (the Big Bang) and Evolution are both true and compatible with Christian belief. At a meeting at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for the Sciences,…
Bryan Greetham
Escaping the Monkey Trap
‘The Thinker’ by Rodin, photo Phil Hall 2019 We are producing sophisticated recyclers of received opinion by Bryan Greetham. In Robert Pirsig’s best-selling book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, he describes ‘the old South Indian Monkey Trap’, which consists of a coconut, which has been hollowed out and…
Philosophy
Why Ars Notoria?
Incipit expositio dictae orationis “we hope we have not cast a Pearl before the swine, but set a glass before the grateful doves.” From Robert Turner 12 March 1656 Light of the world, God the infinite Mother and Father of eternity, the bestower of wisdom and of knowledge and of all…
5th International Colloquium on Poetry and Philosophy
INTERVIEW WITH THE POET CARLOS KATAN
Carlos Katan 5th International Colloquium on Poetry and Philosophy —with ULISES PANIAGUA Hello, good day. Let’s begin this interview. The first thing I want to ask is: Do you have a defined concept of what poetry is? Have you managed to arrive at your own definition through reading and writing…
AI
Does “humane” slaughter require human involvement?
Dorset Lamb, photo Phil Hall Moral justification requires human agency by Phil Hall . The essential question is this: Does “humane” slaughter require human involvement, or is it solely about the animal’s experience? Any system that removes the visible hand of human agency from life-and-death decisions is not progress, it…
Bryan Greetham
OBITUARY: BRYAN GREETHAM, TEACHER, WRITER & THINKER
By Pat Rowe Bryan Greetham (1946-2022) the writer and thinker, died on Sunday 26th June in Estepona, Spain. Above all, Bryan wanted to help students of all ages be the best thinkers possible. Bryan was born in Faversham, Kent. He failed the 11 plus exam and went to a secondary…
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