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Announcing: On Philosophy, Winter 2026!!

All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET)

featuring Angie Hobbs, Yann Allard-Tremblay, Fannie Bialek, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Kaitlyn Creasy, and so many more!
#Philosophy #PhilEvents
What does it mean to use "We" as a method? A short with Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan on the power of collective identities.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out the full video: "What is We?" (like, subscribe, and/or comment!)
#Philosophy

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What does it mean to use "We" as a method? Srinivasan on the power of collective identities
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February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
TODAY: Mon. Feb. 9 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"On Loneliness"
Kaitlyn Creasy argues that loneliness reminds us of our social needs, which makes vulnerability and powerlessness salient. It can lead to cruel hatred or a positive self-transformation.

#Philosophy
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Select tickets – "On Loneliness": Kaitlyn Creasy in conversation with Kate Warlow-Corcoran – Zoom
"On Loneliness": Kaitlyn Creasy in conversation with Kate Warlow-Corcoran – Zoom, Mon 9 Feb 2026 - As social beings, loneliness is a common human experience, perhaps even an inevitable feature of the ...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
ICYMI: "What is We?"

Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan with Tara Emelye Needham
On "we" as family, the privatization of experience, the public/private split, and negotiating conflict between our different identities.
#Philosophy

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What Is We? Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham
YouTube video by The Philosopher
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February 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Sunday read:

"Epistemic Autonomy and the Free Nose Guy Problem"

Jana Bacevic examines the uneasy return of expertise during #Covid and asks how much epistemic trust a democracy can sustain without sliding into expert domination.

#Philosophy
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Epistemic Autonomy and the Free Nose Guy Problem
This essay examines the uneasy return of expertise during Covid-19 and asks how much epistemic trust a democracy can sustain without sliding into expert domination. Using the figure of the “Free Nose ...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
What is the potential value of loneliness as a means of self-knowledge?
How is loneliness an opportunity to identify a meaningful life?
Can it be an impetus for positive transformation?

Join us for Kaitlyn Creasy
Mon. Feb. 9, 2pm ET / 7pm UK
#Philosophy
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February 6, 2026 at 2:34 AM
TODAY! Thurs. Feb. 5 ~ I pm ET / 6 pm UK
"Ask the Philosopher"

Have any burning philosophical questions you'd like discussed?? Share them with us at thephilosopher1923@gmail.com, then join Michael Bavidge, Michael Spicher, and Tara Emelye Needham

#Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
Select tickets – Ask the Philosopher – Zoom
Ask the Philosopher – Zoom, Thu 5 Feb 2026 - Join The Philosopher for an informal, philosophical chat with members of our Editorial Team. Bring your philosophical questions*, and we will try our best ...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Coming up: Mon. Feb. 9 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"On Loneliness"
Kaitlyn Creasy with Kate Warlow-Corcoran

It's a painful feeling from an unfulfilled desire for recognition or connection. As the needs vary, so do the conditions for alleviation.
#Philosophy

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On Loneliness
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February 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Have any burning philosophical questions you'd like discussed??

Share them with us at thephilosopher1923@gmail.com, then join Michael Bavidge, Michael Spicher, and Tara Emelye Needham for

"Ask the Philosopher"

Thurs. Feb. 5 ~ I pm ET / 6 pm UK
#Philosophy
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Select tickets – Ask the Philosopher – Zoom
Ask the Philosopher – Zoom, Thu 5 Feb 2026 - Join The Philosopher for an informal, philosophical chat with members of our Editorial Team. Bring your philosophical questions*, and we will try our best ...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
ICYMI: "#Love In Time"

Fannie Bialek with Isabelle Laurenzi on defining love, focusing on the temporal aspects of love, evaluating love, and vulnerability, death and the end of love.

#Philosophy
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Love In Time: Fannie Bialek in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi
YouTube video by The Philosopher
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February 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
TODAY! Mon. Feb. 2 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"What is We?"

Join Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham discussing the concept "we," which is central to the humanities and social sciences, yet undertheorized.
#Philosophy

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Select tickets – "What Is We? : Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham – Zoom
"What Is We? : Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham – Zoom, Mon 2 Feb 2026 - The concept "we" is central to every field in the interdisciplinary humanities and social sci...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Reposted by The Philosopher
Has Trump’s foreign policy proved realists right? And how does a realist ethos abroad blend into a realist ethos domestically? Listen on the latest The Philosopher & The News with
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The Philosopher & The News: Has Trump Proved Realists Right? Alexis Papazoglou with Linda Kinstler
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February 1, 2026 at 12:53 PM
#Philosophy Reading Group coming!!

90 min/week with host, Kate Warlow-Corcoran

"Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way" by Kieran Setiya (joining us Apr. 15th!)

Wed. Feb. 25 to Apr. 15 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
$82usd/£60 (half price for members)
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Select tickets – Life is Hard Reading Group – Zoom
Life is Hard Reading Group – Zoom, Wed 25 Feb 2026 - Wed 15 Apr 2026 - OverviewIn this group, we will read and discuss Kieran Setiya's book Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way (Londo...
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February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Sunday read:

"On Being and Appearing: Social Reproduction and the Family Form"

Tatiana Llaguno advances a Marxist feminist claim that the family is the capitalist form of appearance of unwaged reproductive labour.

#Philosophy #Marxism
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On Being and Appearing: Social Reproduction and the Family Form
This essay advances a Marxist feminist claim that the family is the capitalist form of appearance of unwaged reproductive labour. Using a Hegelian-Marxist method centered on capital’s necessary appear...
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February 1, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Coming up: Thurs. Feb. 5 ~ I pm ET / 6 pm UK

Ask the Philosopher

Join us for an informal chat with Michael Bavidge, Michael Spicher, and Tara Needham.

Send your question ahead of time to thephilosopher1923@gmail.com
#Philosophy

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Select tickets – Ask the Philosopher – Zoom
Ask the Philosopher – Zoom, Thu 5 Feb 2026 - Join The Philosopher for an informal, philosophical chat with members of our Editorial Team. Bring your philosophical questions*, and we will try our best ...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:02 PM
"What is We?"

What does the concept "we" mean?
Is it a collective or a method?
How does our understanding of "we" affect how we understand the world?

Join us for Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan with Tara Emelye Needham 1/2

Mon. Feb. 2 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
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Select tickets – "What Is We? : Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham – Zoom
"What Is We? : Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham – Zoom, Mon 2 Feb 2026 - The concept "we" is central to every field in the interdisciplinary humanities and social sci...
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January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
ICYMI from July:
"When Liberation Becomes Subjugation: The Moral Paradox of Regime Change in Iran"

Dabbagh & Hassan argue that external efforts to bring about regime change risk reanimating the imperialist dynamics that the Islamic Republic long exploited to justify its rule.
#Philosophy #Iran
When Liberation Becomes Subjugation: The Moral Paradox of Regime Change in Iran
This essay critiques the moral and strategic failure of foreign-imposed regime change in Iran, arguing that such interventions paradoxically reinforce the Islamic Republic's legitimacy rooted in anti-...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Coming up: Mon. Feb 2 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"What Is We?"

If "we" is a method for enacting, apprehending, contesting, and instrumentalizing boundaries, then we can confront failure, impossibility, and the hallucinatory nature of the universe.

#Philosophy
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Select tickets – "What Is We? : Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham – Zoom
"What Is We? : Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham – Zoom, Mon 2 Feb 2026 - The concept "we" is central to every field in the interdisciplinary humanities and social sci...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
TODAY! Mon. Jan 26 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"Love in Time"

Join Fannie Bialek talking with Isabelle Laurenzi about love that embraces its susceptibility to change in contrast to a religious attempt to secure love against finitude.

Free! #philosophy #relationship #love
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Select tickets – "Love In Time": Fannie Bialek in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi – Zoom
"Love In Time": Fannie Bialek in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi – Zoom, Mon 26 Jan 2026 - What does it mean to love as ever-changing beings in an ever-changing world? We live in time, and so we ...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM
ICYMI: "Has Trump Proved Realists Right?"
Linda Kinstler talks with Alexis Papazoglou about the origins of realism, the Monroe Doctrine, applied realism and international law, legal legitimacy, and if Trump's strategy is realist or Machtpolitik.

#Philosophy #Politics
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The Philosopher & The News: Has Trump Proved Realists Right? Alexis Papazoglou with Linda Kinstler
YouTube video by The Philosopher
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January 25, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Sunday read:

"Towards an Art of Punishment"

Benjamin George Coles argues that we would benefit from thinking of punishment in more aesthetic terms, incorporating artistic means into sentencing, with education as the primary objective.

#Philosophy
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Towards an Art of Punishment
Benjamin George Coles argues that artistic means should often be incorporated into punishments – and indeed that we would benefit generally from thinking of punishment in more aesthetic terms. He firs...
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January 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM
We sometimes change in different directions from those we love, but how can braving the unknown together endear us to our lovers?
How do we cope with love being an endeavour fraught with uncertainty?

Join us Mon. Jan. 25 for ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
#Philosophy #Love
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Select tickets – "Love In Time": Fannie Bialek in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi – Zoom
"Love In Time": Fannie Bialek in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi – Zoom, Mon 26 Jan 2026 - What does it mean to love as ever-changing beings in an ever-changing world? We live in time, and so we ...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Please join us! I’m so excited to talk with one of my favorite thinkers about my new book.
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The team at The Philosopher picked our favourite books that we read in 2025! We'd love to hear your favourites of the year as well!

See the full write-up at our substack or scroll down for an in-brief version. 1/12 🧵

#Philosophy #Booksky
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Editors' Picks: Reads of 2025
Special edition newsletter today!
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January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Coming up Mon. Jan. 26 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"Love in Time"

Fannie Bialek with Isabelle Laurenzi will explore a view of love that embraces the vagaries of life with a fresh ethics of love grounded by our humility before time.

#Philosophy
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Select tickets – "Love In Time": Fannie Bialek in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi – Zoom
"Love In Time": Fannie Bialek in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi – Zoom, Mon 26 Jan 2026 - What does it mean to love as ever-changing beings in an ever-changing world? We live in time, and so we ...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"Plato's Republic on Flourishing"
a short with Angie Hobbs

If you haven't seen it yet, check out the full video:
"Why Plato Matters Now" (like and subscribe!) #Philosophy #Plato #politicalphilosophy

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Plato: Would you rather be happy or be flourishing?
YouTube video by The Philosopher
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January 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM