Philosophy public The Swoop and Surge of Life: Lucretius on Ethics in Motion Will Buckingham Ethics, power and a life in motion. 7 min read Jun 23, 2022
Philosophy public 7 Ways of Reading Philosophy #5: Reading While Drunk Will Buckingham Is drunkenness the enemy of philosophical sobriety? Or are there circumstances where drunkenness can make our philosophical insight more acute? 8 min read Jun 9, 2022
Philosophy public Lucretius on Chance, Necessity and Free Will Will Buckingham Lucretius, the Roman poet and philosopher, on free will, creativity and the mysterious swerve of an atom. 8 min read May 26, 2022
Philosophy public Combat, Play and Aesthetic Experience: Three Metaphors of Philosophy Will Buckingham Is philosophy a kind of play? Is it a kind of combat? Or is it a kind of aesthetic experience? Thoughts on Sarah Mattice and Michel Serres. 8 min read May 12, 2022
News public Subscriber Newsletter #19: Bicycles, Doubts and Indifference to Death Will Buckingham On cycling, doubt, and indifference to death... What we've been up to over the last month, and some news about what's ahead! 5 min read May 5, 2022
Philosophy public Advice for Rulers, Charioteers and Cyclists: the Huainanzi Will Buckingham The Huainanzi, a fascinating Han dynasty guidebook for rulers, on resonance, non-action, charioteering, and how not to fall off a bicycle. 8 min read Apr 28, 2022
Philosophy public Knowing, Doing, and Doubting: Nyāya Philosophy Will Buckingham For the philosophers of the Nyāya school, the role of knowledge was to make effective action possible. 7 min read Apr 21, 2022
Philosophy public Constellations of Thought: God, Death, and Other Non-Problems Will Buckingham What are the fundamental questions in human life? And how can reading across different traditions enrich our sense of what questions might be fruitful to ask? 9 min read Apr 14, 2022
News public Subscriber Newsletter #18: The April Showers Edition Will Buckingham There are April showers here in Dundee. So we're staying home and reading philosophy. 3 min read Apr 7, 2022
Philosophy public Dong Zhongshu's Tales of the Unexpected Will Buckingham Dong Zhongshu was a thinker fascinated by the role of chance events in human history. 7 min read Mar 31, 2022
public Kaṇāda's Search for a Soul Without Qualities Will Buckingham What are we, most fundamentally? Kaṇāda, founder of the Vaiśeṣika philosophical school, has some surprising answers. 6 min read Mar 24, 2022
Philosophy public 7 Ways of Reading Philosophy : #4 Reading Out Loud Will Buckingham When the going gets tough, it can be good to read philosophy out loud. 9 min read Mar 17, 2022