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Celebrating a philosopher who would defend Wagner using Lady Gaga quotes

This week marks the first anniversary of the passing of the philosopher Roger Scruton. It is tempting to suggest that he went home at about the right time, for he would have been appalled at the current culture of insanity. The replacement of the traditions of common law in favour of lists of permissions would […]

by Sean Walsh Jan 14, 2021Jan 15, 2021 / 3 mins /

Xi Jinping’s new book: ‘Our Red Country will never change its colour’

by Massimo Introvigne Dec 4, 2020Dec 4, 2020 / 4 mins /

Barbaric dogmatists and the Revolution

by R.J. Snell Nov 27, 2020Nov 27, 2020 / 6 mins /

Making life-saving decisions in a pandemic

by Karl D. Stephan Oct 15, 2020Oct 14, 2020 / 5 mins /

The self-destruction of the academy

by John Staddon Aug 6, 2020Aug 6, 2020 / 9 mins /

Do two wrongs really make a right?

by Hendrik van der Breggen Jul 6, 2020Jul 5, 2020 / 5 mins /

Sex and logical reasoning: difficult but not impossible

by J. Budziszewski Nov 12, 2019May 5, 2020 / 5 mins /

Holding liberalism to account: the prescience of John Henry Newman

by Edward Short Oct 11, 2019May 1, 2020 / 10 mins /

Hannah Arendt: thinking pariah

by Nathan Pinkoski Aug 23, 2019May 1, 2020 / 7 mins /

Should engineers think like computers?

by Karl D. Stephan Jul 29, 2019May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

The philosophical effects of broken homes

by J. Budziszewski Jul 2, 2019May 1, 2020 / 2 mins /

Scientism is not a cure for stupidity

by Michael Egnor Apr 2, 2019May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /

The Matrix 20 years on: how a sci-fi film tackled big philosophical questions

by Richard Colledge Mar 28, 2019May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /

Empty your cup

by Zac Alstin Mar 26, 2019May 1, 2020 / 3 mins /

Slaves and masters

by J. Budziszewski Jan 15, 2019May 1, 2020 / 4 mins /