The Electric Philosopher

*Spoilers* The Dark Forest  is in that great tradition of speculative fiction that deals with ideas and concepts over everything else....

I've started an MA in philosophy. One of my great and primary philosophical influences is Martin Heidegger. It's been a real pl...

As seems customary for a blog, I'm going to start sharing roundups of various Interesting Things I've come across over the week. Y...

So, this happened. There's a lot to say about this, such as  this  and  this . I'm not going to offer a survey of the (absolutel...

I'm aware that I'm probably being a bit too postmodern or structuralist or whatever in my analysis here, and, as ever, criticism is ...

Spoilers below  Imagine an unconscionably unhealthy but irresistible dessert. Dark chocolate, rich flavour, perhaps with a fleck of edib...

As ever, after an absence I feel the need to wave a big flag saying 'I'M STILL HERE!' And, as ever, the only reason I've n...