Popular Philosophy

'A simple yet powerful book that reaches straight to the heart.' John GrayWhen I Loved Myself Enough is a beautiful collection of wisdom that is s...

Life in Aotearoa New Zealand in the early twenty-first century presents us with many controversial ethical issues: abortion, poverty, online behavi...

Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas The Status Game might be his best yet James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times ...

Thoughtings is a poetry collection with a difference. The name 'Thoughtings' was inspired by a 5-year old who, when asked to explain what thinkin...

Since the Enlightenment, western culture has written off ecstatic experience as a form of mental illness. But why should rationality be considered ...

When it comes to living, theres no getting out alive. But books can help us survive, so to speak, by passing on what is most important about being ...

This book is the first of three in the Covid-war series. It is a factual account timelined and written as a diary of events of the Covid-19 pandemi...

What is science and what can it do? Nancy Cartwright here takes issue with three common images of science: that it amounts to the combination of th...

The world is full of places that inspire and bring us joy: they might be exceptionally beautiful, resonant with history, untouched by civilisation ...

In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. Because it''s there . Today the question why do this? is in...

Following on the success of the Verso diary, Verso are now launching a new, beautifully designed notebook. Inspired by the original covers of New L...

Anime and Philosophy focuses on some of the most-loved, most-intriguing anime films and series, as well as lesser-known works, to find what lies at...

Since 1968's Night of the Living Dead, zombie culture has steadily limped and clawed its way into the center of popular culture. Today, zombies and...

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Ben Dupré introduces and explains the philosophical questions around knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethic...

How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live inPhilosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new c...

We are so used to living in a media-saturated world that we do not notice just how much damage is being done to us daily by the images we see and t...

One of the most unexpectedly useful things we can do when were feeling glum or out of sorts is to look at pictures. The best works of art can lift ...

How can we think more deeply about travel? This was the thought that inspired Emily Thomas to journey into the philosophy of travel, to explore th...

- Is objectivity possible? - Can there be objectivity in matters of morals, or tastes? - What would a truly objective account of the world be like?...

Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded ...

So often, we exhaust ourselves and the planet in a search for very large pleasures - while all around us lies a wealth of small pleasures, which - ...

A guide to rediscovering niceness as one of the highest of all human achievements. Many books seek to make us richer or thinner. This book wants t...

Stories shape us and give us meaning - but is it coincidence that the same seven basic plots repeat over time and across the world? What if stori...

What is humour? Why do we laugh? And why is the root of a good joke almost always error? Good jokes, bad jokes, clever jokes, dad jokes the des...

The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Bo...

Somewhere near the heart of existence, shimmers the ethereal beauty of the mystery of Time. Though seemingly familiar to us all, time harbours secr...

Somewhere near the heart of existence, shimmers the ethereal beauty of the mystery of Time. Though seemingly familiar to us all, time harbours secr...

The Good Place is a fantasy-comedy TV show about the afterlife. Eleanor dies and finds herself in the Good Place, which she understands must be mi...