- Culture
- June 2, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: The logic of taking one life to save many seems to have a fatal flaw
- Culture
- May 26, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: ‘Tell me what you do as a passenger, and I’ll tell you who you are’
- Culture
- May 19, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Scott Hershovitz advocates raising children who ‘eventually we can resent’
- Culture
- May 12, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosopher Noga Arikha seeks to make sense of dementia
- Culture
- May 5, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Historical clash between two Irish philosophers shows an upside to irritation
- Culture
- April 28, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Predictions of the end of the world have all been wrong – so far
- Culture
- April 21, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Is it time to lose the lockdown beard? To shave that noncommital stubble?
- Culture
- April 14, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: A book by Eric Heinze cuts through muddled thinking around rights
- Culture
- April 7, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Social media can give the illusion that progress comes from making noise
- Culture
- March 30, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Oscars incident provides teachable moment on ‘l’esprit de l’escalier’
- Culture
- March 23, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: It is easy to fall prey to a category error when making ethical calculations
- Culture
- March 17, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: If the pandemic is over why do we not feel free?, asks Joe Humphreys
- Culture
- March 10, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Is ‘Napoleon syndrome’ real or just heightist stereotyping?
- Culture
- March 1, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: ‘Just war theory’ is not a licence for standing on the sidelines and hoping for peace
- Culture
- February 24, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Lessons in logic from four celebrated women philosophers
- Culture
- February 16, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: The idea of a human self cut off from wider creation is a relatively new concept
- Culture
- February 10, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosopher Owen Flanagan believes shame can have positive effects
- Culture
- February 3, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: George Berkeley championed the idea of publicly owned banks for the common good
- Books
- January 29, 2022, 06:00
Michael Schur explains the relevance of great philosophical theories to everyday life
- Culture
- January 27, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosopher David Chalmers believes ‘nonvirtual life’ has met its match but does his argument stack up?
- Culture
- January 20, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: It’s nice if your glass is always half full, but are you deluding yourself?
- Culture
- January 13, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: David Graeber and David Wengrow bring fresh thinking to human history
- Culture
- January 6, 2022, 05:00
Unthinkable: Community philosophers aim to overcome the subject’s ‘aristocratic’ image
- Culture
- December 30, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: A remarkable quartet of philosophers foresaw the risk of rejecting ‘moral facts’
- Politics
- December 29, 2021, 10:35
State papers: Padraig O’Malley’s 1997 trust-building trip was dubbed ‘rubbish’ by then taoiseach
- Culture
- December 23, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Are we losing the ability to judge historical figures fairly?
- Culture
- December 16, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Labelling people with unscientific views as stupid or immoral is not very wise
- People
- December 11, 2021, 05:00
Nobel Prize-winning physicist, who spent 17 years in Ireland, was a serial groomer of girls
- Culture
- December 9, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosopher Bernard Stiegler explores how apps alter how you relate to yourself
- Culture
- December 2, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: No of course it doesn't, but it does try to address life’s ultimate questions
- Culture
- November 25, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: It’s not clear we have either the language or patience in Ireland for metaphysics
- Culture
- November 18, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: New technology may give the impression your mind is no longer your own
- Culture
- November 11, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Plus four other questions philosophers are asking as we face a global emergency
- Culture
- November 4, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Stoicism is all the rage in Silicon Valley but its roots are often overlooked
- Culture
- October 28, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Can you be friends with someone whose politics you oppose?
- Culture
- October 21, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Descriptions of the biblical deity come from ‘men, writing for men’
- Culture
- October 14, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosopher born this day 115 years ago believed that politics should be joyous
- Culture
- October 7, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosophers are trying to broaden the debate by asking awkward questions
- Culture
- September 30, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Do you need to crush others with your intellect or is sowing doubt victory enough?
- Culture
- September 23, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Governments put their trust in big tech as they lack expertise
- Heritage
- September 20, 2021, 16:35
Cultural commute takes in sites associated with his 17-year stay in Ireland
- Culture
- September 16, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: We don’t know how consciousness works, but some theories are better than others
- Culture
- September 9, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Covid may have given us a fresh appreciation of smell, ‘the Cinderella of the senses’
- Books
- September 3, 2021, 06:00
Oliver Burkeman thinks we should ease up on ‘to-do lists’ and let go of our urge for control
- Culture
- September 2, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Polybius is not the most feted Greek thinker but he has much to teach us
- Culture
- July 22, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Ireland has a rich philosophical heritage – some more plaques would be nice
- Culture
- July 15, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: A new biography of George Berkeley brings out the complexity of his character
- Culture
- July 12, 2021, 08:00
Feeling gleeful? Schopenhauer wouldn’t approve, but Nietzsche would understand
- Culture
- July 8, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Our religious devotion to work stigmatises those who are less productive
- Culture
- July 1, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Men may be more susceptible to imagining there’s an instruction manual to be found
- Culture
- June 24, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Don’t criticise philosopher David Hume for racism until you look in the mirror
- Culture
- June 17, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Covid-19 has exposed societal injustices. Persuading people to address them remains a challenge
- Culture
- June 10, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosopher Rob Grant has written a children’s book with a message for adults
- Culture
- June 3, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Commercial interests and social-media outrage are curtailing free speech
- Books
- May 30, 2021, 06:00
Book review: John Moriarty’s musings on life real and imagined skilfully edited by Martin Shaw
- Culture
- May 27, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Evolutionary biology suggests our natural instinct is to be nice
- Culture
- May 20, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Do we need more books promoting self-mystification? Yes, we do
- Culture
- May 13, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Four great philosophers have life advice that’s still relevant today
- Culture
- May 6, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Phenomenology may make your head hurt but it’s trying ‘to teach us to see again’
- Culture
- April 29, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Fr Sean McDonagh is increasingly worried about the power of big tech
- Culture
- April 22, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Famous philosophers are being reappraised in light of their prejudices
- Culture
- April 15, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Morality has got humans this far, but do we need to outgrow it?
- Culture
- April 8, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: We can all learn from psychotherapy, perhaps the best place to start is school
- Culture
- April 1, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Psychosis gave Dutch linguist Wouter Kusters an insight into mental illness
- Culture
- March 25, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Is our faith in algorithms creating the basis for a counter-Enlightenment?
- Culture
- March 18, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Tolü Makay can sing Saw Doctors. A rich playboy should not perform Amanda Gorman
- Culture
- March 11, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Phenomenologists are trying to make us see the current crisis in a new light
- Culture
- March 4, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Acorn brain worries about pensions. Marshmallow brain thinks short-term
- Culture
- February 25, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: We can no longer plead ignorance of the inner workings of our State exams
- Culture
- February 18, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Speciesism, which puts humans above nature, may be the last acceptable prejudice
- Culture
- February 11, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: A ‘questioning mindset’ is needed rather than an attitude of ‘anything goes’
- Culture
- February 4, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Lack of access to democratic processes can fuel distrust, says Dr Katherine Furman
- Culture
- January 28, 2021, 05:30
Unthinkable: Philosopher Richard Kearney argues that sight began displacing other senses even before the pandemic
- Culture
- January 21, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosopher Giorgio Agamben carries the flame for anti-capitalism through the crisis
- Culture
- January 14, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Mary Wollstonecraft’s time in Ireland seemed to influence her world view
- Culture
- January 7, 2021, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosophers are being lured to ‘a dead end’, says historian of ideas Stephen Gaukroger
- Culture
- December 31, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Spinoza tells us that if you want to be free then get your mind in order
- Culture
- December 17, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: ‘Infantilising’ nativity story does Jesus no favours, says philosopher Julian Baggini
- Culture
- December 10, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Reinhold Niebuhr, Obama’s favourite philosopher, has an important message for today
- Culture
- December 3, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Calling something evil is not a licence to shut down debate
- Culture
- November 26, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Perhaps existentialism can help us navigate the Taoiseach’s suggestion
- Culture
- November 19, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Algorithms embed prejudice with ‘no accountability’, says Abeba Birhane
- Culture
- November 12, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: A speculative hypothesis about the nature of consciousness has academics riled up
- Culture
- November 5, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: A short book, the Tractatus has had a big impact, says author David Edmonds
- Culture
- October 29, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Stoicism is primarily about throwing off the chains of irrational thought
- Culture
- October 22, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: It was good enough for your ancestors, says anthropologist James Suzman
- Culture
- October 15, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Philosopher Ian Olasov believes we should focus on things of ‘practical significance’
- Culture
- October 8, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Academia has its priorities backwards, says author Zena Hitz
- Culture
- October 1, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Author Charles Freeman believes we shouldn’t forget the sectarian legacy of Christian churches
- Culture
- September 24, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Rival political philosophers can bring perspective to our current debates
- Culture
- September 17, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: The Philosopher Queens originated from ‘a disheartening trip to the local bookshop’
- Culture
- September 10, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: ‘Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic’ mindset is relatively new to society
- Irish Times
- September 3, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Kate Manne’s study of gender inequality makes uncomfortable reading but has a hopeful message
- Books
- September 1, 2020, 05:00
Philosopher Michael Sandel wants to eradicate elitism, starting with education
- Books
- August 1, 2020, 06:00
The Slovenian philosopher divides opinion over his often-contradictory viewpoints
- Culture
- July 23, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Research project and poetry prize explore overlap between perceived rival disciplines
- Culture
- July 16, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Some ridicule may help the Irish church to recover, says pastor Fraser Hosford
- Culture
- July 9, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: Racist views must be confronted honestly, says philosopher Aislinn O’Donnell
- Culture
- July 2, 2020, 05:00
Unthinkable: A government’s character is more important than its composition, author Arthur Applbaum says
- Opinion
- June 30, 2020, 01:00
Acts of neighbourliness, solidarity and self-sacrifice portray people to be mainly good
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