Tag: Philosophy

Have you heard of the "Habermas Machine"? It's a Google AI tool that reaches compromise between contending arguments. But what's the point if it doesn't actually make people agree, asks Prof James Alexander.

What's the difference between scepticism and cynicism? Cynicism is especially necessary for assessing politics, says Prof James Alexander, as it sits below scepticism, making us question the motives of those who rule us.

Today is the 1,500th anniversary of the death of the Roman writer Boethius, whose great work The Consolation of Philosophy illustrates what we mean when we say we are part of one Western civilisation, says Nicholas Tate.

Prof James Alexander reviews Christopher Beckwith's The Scythian Empire, naming it his book of the year for its thesis that scepticism and other key philosophical developments came from one remarkable ancient people.

Dr James Alexander, a politics professor, has diagnosed the main cause of our current malaise: acceleration anxiety. No longer relating to eternal things, we are anxious only to reach the future as fast as possible.

Jeffrey A. Tucker reflects on the persistence of pandemic-related measures, such as social distancing signs and floor stickers, long after the Covid emergency has faded.

Dr Thomas Crew marks the passing of a giant of the German resistance against Covid tyranny: Gunnar Kaiser, who has died from cancer at the age of 47.

The British people have had enough of their seemingly endless 'obligations' to impoverish themselves for the sake of others, and belatedly politicians are waking up to this, says J Sorel.

We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic by philosopher Dr. Sinéad Murphy arguing that Covid restrictions have had a profoundly disorientating effect on both the young and the old.

We're publishing an essay today by longtime Daily Sceptic contributor Dr. Sinéad Murphy about how a lecture she was due to give on gender at Newcastle Uni got cancelled due to concerns about students' 'mental health'.