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What Is The Nature Of Reality? | Issue 61 | Philosophy Now
Simon Maltman, Bangor. Definition 1. A reality consists of the interactions of a particular thing with what ‘becomes’ for that thing. Definition 2. Reality (with a capital R) consists of all realities. …
An Essay on Nothing | Issue 136 | Philosophy Now
Only because there is a world filled with Being can we imagine a dull and empty one. Nothingness arises from Somethingness, then: without being to compare it to, nothingness has no …
Kant On Suicide | Issue 61 | Philosophy Now
Kant, on the other hand, denounced suicide in the most unqualified and indeed quite furious terms. According to him “suicide is in no circumstances permissible.”. The man who commits …
Kant’s Theory of Human Dignity | Issue 150 | Philosophy Now
Kant’s most famous formulation of dignity is cited at the beginning of this article: human dignity is a status which places the life of human beings above all price. As a rhetorical statement, this is …
What is Freedom? | Issue 143 | Philosophy Now
Freedom is when the anger, anxiety, greed, hatred, and unnecessary desires drop away in the presence of what’s beloved or sacred. This means that the greatest freedom is ‘freedom from’ …
Nietzsche and the Problem of Suffering | Issue 114
Van Harvey on the metaphysical aspects of an anti-metaphysical philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche shared at least one fundamental concern with the religions and metaphysical systems that he …
What is a Person? | Issue 149 | Philosophy Now
According to the law, a person is anyone or anything that can initiate and be subject to legal proceedings. By this conception, any adult, corporation, or institution is a person, but a minor …
What Is Truth? | Issue 86 | Philosophy Now
That is the wonder of consciousness. Truth is the single currency of the sovereign mind, the knowing subject, and the best thinking – in philosophy, science, art – discriminates between …