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What Is The Nature Of Reality? | Issue 61 | Philosophy Now
Simon Maltman, Bangor. Definition 1. A reality consists of the interactions of a particular thing with what ‘becomes’ for that thing. Definition 2. Reality (with a capital R) consists of all realities. …
What Is Truth? | Issue 86 | Philosophy Now
That is the wonder of consciousness. Truth is the single currency of the sovereign mind, the knowing subject, and the best thinking – in philosophy, science, art – discriminates between …
What is Freedom? | Issue 143 | Philosophy Now
Freedom is when the anger, anxiety, greed, hatred, and unnecessary desires drop away in the presence of what’s beloved or sacred. This means that the greatest freedom is ‘freedom from’ …
What Is Philosophy and How Do We Do It?
Thinking is our mind’s way of processing the reality around us. It exists in our minds and stays there. By contrast, philosophy is the sharing of knowledge, of wisdom. Both philosophy and …
What is a Person? | Issue 149 | Philosophy Now
According to the law, a person is anyone or anything that can initiate and be subject to legal proceedings. By this conception, any adult, corporation, or institution is a person, but a minor …
An Essay on Nothing | Issue 136 | Philosophy Now
Only because there is a world filled with Being can we imagine a dull and empty one. Nothingness arises from Somethingness, then: without being to compare it to, nothingness has no …
Nietzsche and the Problem of Suffering - Philosophy Now
Van Harvey on the metaphysical aspects of an anti-metaphysical philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche shared at least one fundamental concern with the religions and metaphysical systems that he …
What Is Life? | Issue 101 | Philosophy Now
Life is neither fixed nor absolute, it is ambiguous; life is the possibilities entailed by existence. Life is the consciousness of humanity; it is perception of the world and the universe. So life is …