The Philosophy Shed

13/11/2025

As we immerse ourselves in the modern culture of gifting, we can reflect on its meaning From Secret Santa to Kim Kardashian’s Birkin bag and Jay Z’s private Jet We seem to

27/06/2025

You Are Invited… To Rebuild a Broken World The old world has fallen. Cities are abandoned, systems shattered, and truth forgotten. But in the silence after collapse, a f

02/10/2024

or what is something? is one of the oldest but persistent questions in Philosophy. From the Upanishads, where there is a single universal whole to pre-Socratic Atomism, fr

03/09/2024

Reclaiming vanity: Why being vain is not just good, but crucial if we want society to work.

13/08/2024

An equestrian athlete is sent home after disturbing video of horse training is released while other athletes complain about lack of grilled chicken and eggs in the Olympic

21/06/2024

The silver lining of disasters and climate change, we may become kinder

Extreme weather events radically alter ecosystems. When ecological damage persists, selective pressures on individuals can change, leading to phenotypic adjustments. For group-living animals, social relationships may be a mechanism enabling adaptation to ...

21/06/2024

“The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger’s slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean; and what the historian ca

18/03/2024

As we browse the news, it's easy to become desensitised to awful events. Amanda Ruggeri explores the psychology, and the steps you can take to avoid it happening.

15/11/2023

The new thing seems to be manipulating your own family snaps, so that the subjects all look their best/towards the camera etc.. What is the point of a photograph if it doesn’t capture a moment rather than manufacture one? Are we so obsessed with appearances that we will prefer to look back on a false image in 20 years time rather than the nuances that a camera reveals?

A new breed of smartphone tools are raising fresh questions about what it means to photograph reality.

05/10/2023

Another view on moral responsibility

04/10/2023

Two people drive drunk at night: one kills a pedestrian, one doesn’t. Does the unlucky killer deserve more blame or not?

29/09/2023

Kant was racist, Aristotle was sexist: can we blame thinkers for the moral blindnesses of their times?