A Philosopher's Blog

This is the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. This event profoundly changed America and has been routinely exploited by politicians to wage a war on terror and to

  When I look back at over a decade of writing about gun violence, I am struck by the fact that I keep writing essentially the same thing. This is

While we consider ourselves the dominant species, we face dangers from other species. While some are large animals such as lions, tigers and bears our greatest foes tend to be

As a runner, martial artist and philosopher my view of the will is shaped mostly by my training and competitions. Naturally enough, I see the will from my own perspective

The basic problem of evil is that the existence of evil in the world is incompatible with the Philosophy 101 conception of God, namely that God is all good, all-powerful

When a shooting makes the news, someone will often claim that those killed would still be alive if the person who killed them did not have a gun. A talking

In science fiction, a cyborg (“cybernetic organism”) is a combination of organic and technological components. Daleks, Cybermen, Terminators, the Bionic Man and the Borg are examples of fictional cyborgs. There

The now infamous Flock cameras have, like data centers, united Americans in a loathing that crosses the political spectrum. But there are those who defend Flock, presumably with some not