The Philosopher's Magazine

The Philosophers' Magazine (TPM) is an independent quarterly publication that was established in 1997. Its goal is to present philosophy in a way that is both engaging and easy to understand. Inside, you'll find a variety of content, including articles, book reviews, and interviews. James Garvey serves as the editor of the magazine, while Jeremy Stangroom manages its companion website, TPM Online. The magazine is distributed across the US and Canada by the Philosophy Documentation Center.

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The philosophy of Bryan Magee

1 month ago | philosophersmag.com | Mark Nayler

Bryan Magee (1930-2019) never had an easy relationship with philosophical problems. One day in chapel at Christ’s Hospital, the Sussex boarding school to which he won a scholarship at the age of eleven, the potential truth of solipsism – the idea that we can only be sure of the existence of our own minds – bore down on him with overwhelming force. When he closed his eyes, the entire scene before him – hundreds of other boys, the building itself – disappeared, leaving him in darkness.
Breaking News: Your Dog May Be Conscious

Dec 23, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | Gary L Francione

In June 2024, the BBC reported that some scientists, philosophers, and others were actually daring to think the unthinkable: at least some nonhuman animals may be conscious. This was a puzzling announcement. Ever since the 19th century, at least in the West, we have embraced as a moral matter that it is wrong to be “cruel” to animals and to cause them “unnecessary” pain.
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Nov 20, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | John Fuller

When I read my first essay to my philosophy tutor I was, quite naturally, utterly terrified. Not that I seriously mistrusted my abilities. The instructions had been clear and simple and I had taken pains to follow them as best I could. I was to give an account of what philosophy was, and how it had been practised over the centuries. I understood perfectly well why my tutor might want me to provide an overview of the subject.
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Sep 16, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | Daniel Kodsi

By normal scientific standards, the hypothesis that a woman is an adult human female is the natural default answer to the question “what is a woman?”. Call that the sex-based account of woman, since it explains being a woman in terms of being female. The sex-based account of woman is simple and informative. It is stated in perspicuous and independently well-understood terms.
Terminal Illness and Transformative Experience

Aug 27, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | Anand Jayprakash Vaidya

In my February, 2023, The Ethics of Suicide I examined my father’s illness with respect to the ethics of suicide from the perspectives of Kant’s Deontology, Mill’s Utilitarianism, and the Jain religious tradition. My father has cerebellar ataxia, which has made it virtually impossible for him to walk. He also has late stage dementia, which makes it hard for him to remember things, enjoy eating various foods, and take care of basic bodily functions.
Are LLMs Natural Born Bullshitters?

Aug 21, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | Anand Jayprakash Vaidya

The crew of the Enterprise in the television series, Star Trek, included aliens with human-like visages but equipped with different underlying physical and mental attributes. Vulcans prized logic over emotion. Klingons held honour and valour in battle as the highest values. As the starships explored uncharted space, they would routinely encounter novel aliens like the Undine, a tripedal race with psionic abilities, or the Borg, a race of cybernetic creatures linked in a hive mind.
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Aug 21, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | Holly Lawford-Smith

Early in January this year, the French radical feminist Marguerite Stern – known in particular for her street postering campaigns – introduced the project “Femelliste”, described in its manifesto as “a movement that fights to maintain women’s sex-based rights”. Two years earlier, the British women’s rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker) had posted a stream to her YouTube channel with the title “The future is #femalism”.
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Aug 19, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | Clare Moriarty

The concepts “philosopher” and “mother” have never sat close together in the library of my ideas. I don’t want to be misleading – I was raised by intellectual women and have known many nurturing philosophers – but, drawn down to their essential properties, I never felt philosopher and mother had much overlap. At the beginning of my studies in early modern European philosophy, I recall being struck by the conspicuous shortage of parents around.
The Transgender-Rights Issue

Aug 18, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | Gary L Francione

To say that the matter of transgender rights is controversial is very much an understatement. Part of the problem is that there is a great deal of confusion about what is at stake—what exactly do we mean by “transgender rights”? What framework can best help us to explore the many issues and questions that are involved, and to resolve the conflicts that arise?
Terminal Illness and Transformative Experience

Jun 4, 2024 | philosophersmag.com | Anand Jayprakash Vaidya

Anand Vaidya on temporality and the transformative experience of a terminal illness diagnosis In my February, 2023, The Ethics of Suicide I examined my father’s illness with respect to the ethics of suicide from the perspectives of Kant’s Deontology, Mill’s Utilitarianism, and the Jain religious tradition. My father has cerebellar ataxia, which has made it virtually impossible for him to walk.