Have I got your full attention?

April 1, 2016
Modern life is all about the sovereignty and autonomy of the individual while at the same time everyone of us is the voluntary slave of a paraphernalia of technological tools demanding our constant attention. Have we lost the ability to stay in touch with our ‘real’...

Thumos and the corrupting power of images

March 14, 2016
Living in a world of global communication, we are constantly subjected to round the world reports, keeping us informed about the state of ever changing violent events. A growing number of commentators explain the growth of supporters of the Islamic state by the free...

Wittgenstein and religion as ‘language-game’

March 4, 2016
Religion and language have been associated with twentieth-century philosophers long before religious conflicts reappeared on the world scene a decade ago. Among the thinkers who tested the validity of religious language, Wittgenstein offered a very personal view which...

Can good and evil be taught?

February 5, 2016
Western democracies pride themselves on their humanistic values founded on religious and philosophical principles. The constant threat of terrorist attacks, perpetrated by young men prepared to embrace mass murder and death has revived the debate around the role of...

We are all Bowie(s)

February 1, 2016
Bowie’s departure for another planet (Mars … perhaps) leaves us, philosophers, with an unanswered question: ‘Who was David Bowie?’. Through his many metamorphoses, Bowie escaped from any attempt at pinning him down under a fixed identity. Instead, he continuously...