Dear Readers, Welcome to our very first online Exordium! I am very pleased to bring you this collection of high … More

An interview with philosophy graduate Michelle Sowey October, 2014 Rose: What have you done since studying philosophy? What are you … More

Jean-Francois Lyotard, a main protagonist in postmodern thought, sought to defend and promote difference and fragmentation in the face of … More

Marx and Keynes on the state and crisis tendencies in capitalism  The fundamental difference between the views of Karl Marx … More

Early counterfactual theories of causation such as that of Lewis (1973) tend to be beset by various counterintuitive consequences such … More

September, 2014 Rose: You’ve studied philosophy. When and where did you do that? What kind of course was it? David: … More

In ‘Proof of an External World’, Moore seeks to prove the existence of things ‘external to our minds’ (Moore 1959). … More

It may be claimed that elements of the special theory of relativity, which has extensive empirical and theoretical support[1], directly … More

Letters that form words that create sentences that breed paragraphs that turn to chapters. Such is the beauty of language … More

Introduction The purpose of this essay is to provide a critique of individual liberty as a primary value for human … More

“To understand laughter, we must put it back into its natural environment, which is society, and above all we must … More