Do we need props?
Some find our increased reliance on mental prosthetics troubling. Will a generation that can google everything, everywhere, grow up unable to remember anything?
ReadAuthor: Julian Baggini
The Laughing Philosopher
Video of a discussion I took part in at How The Light Gets In 2014 on humour and philosophy.
ReadWatch what you tweet
I don’t think we can maintain a strict division between personal and professional life any more. The boundaries are blurring because we quite rightly no longer accept that business is business, and nothing more.
ReadWhat do we owe our parents?
How you can you be placed under an obligation when you did not agree to take it on? Generally speaking, we don’t think you can. If you accept an invitation to dinner, you have created some obligation to reciprocate. But if someone sends you an unsolicited gift, you are certainly not obliged to send one back.
ReadAward shortlists
BOOK SHORTLISTED FOR AWARDS. The Virtues of the Table has been shortlisted for the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards as well as for the Transmission Prize. Winners will be announced in March and February respectively.
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