Cats and the Good Life
Paul J. D’Ambrosio on what John Gray can tell us about cats and the meaning of life....
Can We Only Wish What We Must?
Two philosophers offer a spirited debate exploring issues of free will, moral responsibility, and punishment....
To Err Is Humean
Kieran Setiya questions "The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us About Being Human and Living Well" by Julian Baggini....
Crystallized Desire: On Stendhalian Love
Robert Zaretsky explores love in the time of the pandemic through the life and ideas of Stendhal....
Not to Be Cynical, But …
Ed Simon evaluates "Cynicism," the recent book from Ansgar Allen....
Living the Tension
Matthew Clemente reads "Notes on Suicide" by Simon Critchley, recently reissued by Fitzcarraldo Editions....
Simone Weil for Americans
Christy Wampole considers "The Subversive Simone Weil," the new book by Robert Zaretsky....
Reading Roland Barthes in the Age of Misinformation
Barthes’s concept of mythology shows why misinformation tends to stick, to harden into doctrine....
My Successes (and Failures) Are All Mine?
“The Tyranny of Merit” might recast the way you view everything from essential workers to choice, luck, and smuggery....
Marx, Hegel, and the Critique of Religion: A Response
Martin Hägglund responds to his critics and expands on the immanent critique of religion found in his book "This Life."...
Pitching the Discipline
Sebastian Lecourt considers "Humanist Reason," the new book by Eric Hayot....
Letters from the Heart
Simone de Beauvoir’s advice to the lovelorn....
