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Much of academic philosophy, even on the African continent, is openly and unashamedly in love with the idea of the West as destiny.
An African philosophy of education offers new ways of thinking about the continent.
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Adopting an African philosophy of education can be a powerful tool to help the continent’s universities create real social change and justice.
There is no spoon. At least, not the way you think there is.
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The world around you might be an illusion and you’re really a brain in a vat connected to a supercomputer. Sounds preposterous? But can you prove it’s not true?
Your vote is not insignificant in the bigger scheme of things. It matters.
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Not voting can have serious consequences regarding the kind of society we end up living in. Disengagement can mean a lowering of quality of life.
Alone, destination unknown.
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Just what on earth is going on in Britain? A researcher of French philosophers called upon some ‘friends’ to think it through.
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Its critics complain that current Afrodiasporic literature is not in tune with everyday life on the continent. They see its versions of Africa as sanitised and Westernised.
Thinking inside the box.
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How to shift the political landscape from the classroom.
Pericles had some rather advanced ideas about politics.
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What would Aristotle have thought of modern liberal democracy? It’s complicated.
It’s out of control and heading for five unsuspecting bystanders!
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The trolley dilemma is a staple of philosophy because it probes our intuitions about whether it’s permissible to kill one person to save many more.
The Economic Freedom Fighters recently launched their manifesto in Soweto. Party leader Julius Malema (waving) is the master of political theatre.
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Red berets, hard hats, overalls and domestic workers’ uniforms have become a prominent part of South African politics. But these are more than just props for the EFF political party.
Should people with brain disorders receive different punishment for crimes?
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Some believe neuroscience should change the way we punish criminals, but courts have been slow to embrace new approaches.
Plato, Confucius, Aristote.
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Among the top 50 philosophy departments in the U.S., only four have a member of their regular faculty teaching Chinese philosophy. Why is this problematic?
Big questions.
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Does it have a formula?
In a sense, aren’t they one and the same?
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When you think about it, it’s a bit strange to view food through a lens of “meat” and “not meat” – especially when plants consume animals, and vice versa.
Not our natural habitat. Risk and money go hand in hand.
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The desire to fritter away our pay packet on the roll of a dice may not be hardwired at all. So where does it come from?
Are compound eyes the window to the soul?
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Insects have similar structures in their brains as do we, and that might mean that have a basic form of consciousness.
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A new study reveals that we are more likely to trust people who follow simple moral rules – or at least give moral problems some serious thought.
Illness makes us think.
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Illness can have a major impact on our view of the world. Sometimes, it can be enlightening.
Tough decisions are made from distant control rooms.
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Should we allow innocents to be harmed for the greater good? Eye in the Sky puts a modern spin on a classic philosophical moral dilemma.
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Magic plumbs the same questions philosophers have been asking for millennia.