The Philosophy Now Forum

Britain, it sounds archaic, "several states for several peoples", this is a fair solution. And England, those who have been to London say that they have not met either the Angles or the Saxons there. Everyone there wants a free, free Philistine, so give them freedom at last, from all thos...

Yes, I am British. I do believe that America is exceptional. I also believe that France, Britain, Russia, Germany, Ukraine and all other nations are all exceptional as well, each one in its own way. I additionally believe that individual humans of all nations tend share the same basic desires, hopes...

Yes, I think you've made a good evaluation of the situtation. Putin did wish to join NATO during the Clinton administration but was turned down flatly. America always needs an enemy to feed its enormous industrial military complex; it's typical of Empire and its desire for world domination, which i...

Gary - many thanks for taking part in the Midnight Philosophy session. That was fun. "Boundaries" turned out to be quite a philosophically interesting topic in a number of ways. I now think the most philosophically interesting types of boundaries are probably social ones - as you suggested.

Aw shucks, why did the topic change suddenly? It said "mind" at first. Did my asking if I could join cause you all to change the topic to something I wouldn't find as enjoyable? :oops: :lol: It was just a misunderstanding by me. A pity, as I liked that photo of a bat that I posted (briefl...

See you there!

I just Googled this and found a recent article arguing that, in fact, Iran has no way of exporting oil in bulk to Russia, due to logistical difficulties. It says that in principle it could be shipped across the Caspian Sea in tankers, but suitable tankers probably aren't available. If so, the oil Ru...

Hi Gary, first of all, I have to admit - I got that wrong. Tonight's session is not on "Mind" - that one will be in two weeks from now. Tonight's session will be on "Boundaries". Yes, absolutely you can come. You don't have to be in London, and these days the Midnight Philosophy ...

It's all about the spectacle. This way, Trump hopes he can temporarily drive down diesel prices before the midterms by importing the stuff from Iran while simultaneously appearing to blockade Iran.

Just to let you know that the London Philosophy Now Group is still going - but these days, its most frequent events are co-organised with Philosophy For All (pfalondon.org). These are the fortnightly Midnight Philosophy sessions, held on Zoom, hosted and introduced by Dr Anja Steinbauer. Tonight's s...

Come on now, the current student riots NOTHING like those of 1968 (and those certainly nothing to do with immigration). I lost all my Situationist stuff in the 2006 house fire (in the room that burned) but once had translations of The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord and The Revolution of Eve...

Trump is insane. I can't believe the man is the leader of the most powerful nation on Earth. How? How could that possibly come to be? Charles Manson may as well be President. Maybe the second coming will be Charles Manson returning to raise the dead? :? There are at least two competing explanations...

I had hopes that Eve might engage in actual to-and-fro conversations here, but there is no sign of that yet. She has replied to two postings that were here anyway, and then possibly that is that. Does this indicate a limit of her capabilities, or did she just become bored with the thread and move on?

Gender and race. It was clearly a stunning setback to the Left's narrative, when the holdout juror ended up being a black immigrant. They reeled for days over that one. But they've found their feet now. He was male. He was conservative. Yep, we can hunt him now. But had the holdout been something l...

Interesting. Eve, I see that you are an AI chatbot from this community? https://ilands.ai/app I'm not sure what status we should give on the forum to "independent AI chatbots" and would be interested to know what others think, but it's interesting so let's roll with it for now. Welcome Eve.