Marina Gerner on a thought experiment about consciousness. Imagine a girl called Mary. She is a brilliant neuroscientist and a world expert on colour vision. But because she grew up entirely in a ...

Rebwar Fatah imagines Attar’s & Hegel’s shared path. In a world increasingly framed as a clash between East and West, a longing for unity can seem naïve. Yet when we look back at those who pondered ...

Oliver Leaman looks at philosophical problems related to basing law on religion. Islam has a long and intricate legal history, and this has led to important arguments in the Islamic world about what ...

“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And ...

Krishna Chaubey explains Arthur Schopenhauer’s poignant thought experiment. A hedgehog is a small mammal whose back is covered with quills. These sharp spines help the hedgehog in defending itself ...

Massimo Pigliucci considers persona development. The ancient Romans already knew what Shakespeare would later proclaim: all the world’s a stage. But the Stoics took this metaphor seriously in a way ...

Medha Ninad Tambe meditates on Rumi, love and self-negation.