Philosopher's Zone

This week we're exploring links between queer liberation and animal subjugation, and disco... more

AI is making all kinds of important decisions for us these days, but how far can we trust ... more

The forced removal of First Nations children from their families was active government pol... more

We all feel we know what a conspiracy theory is: it's a belief held by other people about ... more

Our current "post-truth" environment means it's getting harder to trust what we see, hear ... more

Our "moral circle" encompasses fellow humans, other primates, dogs, cats and other animals... more

Conventional wisdom has it that if you've never fallen in love, if you've never given birt... more

It's often said that we're experiencing a crisis in the arts and Humanities, with declinin... more

The American thinker Wilfrid Sellars died in 1989, and has been remembered as a primarily ... more

This week marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of the Second World ... more

Historians are commonly thought of as being a little like archaeologists or scientists - t... more

Libertarians are hard to pin down – they have a number of seemingly contradictory commitme... more

What exactly is it about swearing that gives it its offensive power? None of the standard ... more

Around the beginning of the 20th century, philosophy began to take what's come to be known... more

When you think about the music you like (or don't like), what does it tell you about your ... more

Mary Graham is one of Australia's most distinguished Aboriginal academics and authors. In ... more

German-American political theorist Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was someone who thought and w... more

Authenticity, vulnerability and empathy are all positive character traits - but is there s... more

Mysticism is a phenomenon commonly associated with religion and the kind of experience tha... more

In ethical terms, health care systems are supposed to be "blind" to culture, offering the ... more

Sentience is a puzzle - and an increasingly important one. The question of exactly what co... more