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24 03 13 without relationships there is no self

Without relationships there is no self

Memoirs and therapy are not self-indulgent

Elliot Jurist
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Nabokov and why the moral act is the free act

How freedom and morality are intertwined

Dana Dragunoiu
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AI poetry reveals the truth of the world

Language and the limits of experience

David Nowell Smith
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Music is the key to understanding life

How musical metaphors explain biology

Denis Noble
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Distortion as a path to reality

Art and extinction with Francis Bacon

Ben Ware
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The death of the unreliable narrator

How we killed the narrator, and why we need it back

Margherita Volpato
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Heidegger and Studio Ghibli converge on technology

Edward McDougall
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Marx and Nietzsche: how art can save us

How to philosophize with a hammer, sickle and paint brush

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David Bowie and the Theatre of Self

A philosophical look at Bowie's shifting identity.

Ted Ammon
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Nietzsche, Dune and the power of religion

God is dead. But not in Dune

Kevin S. Decker
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Philosophy vs. Psychology

Is Kant the latest casualty in this war?

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The crisis of creativity

We are losing our grip on creativity; how can we regain it?

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The creative power of exile

Emigration and artistic modernism

Robin Schuldenfrei
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Music, grief, and philosophy

Finding solace in sound

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Barbie and De Beauvoir: Existentialism Unboxed

Is she "Simone-enough"?

Stephanie Garcia
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Beyond the Hero

How movies move us

Noël Carroll
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Art, essence and mortality

Can we capture someone’s character by their external appearance?

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Morality shouldn't matter to artists

The Positive Case for Cruelty

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How arts can save your life

Exploring power of art on our health and wellbeing

Susan Magsamen
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Beauty has always been gender-fluid

Androgyny and the ideal form

Maya Corry
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How colour dictates the way we think

An interview with art historian and BAFTA nominated broadcaster Dr James Fox

James Fox
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Distraction, flow and the creative mind

Unlocking the state of flow

Tom Cochrane
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Daft Punk and Metaphysics

We should avoid the allure of becoming “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”

James Tartaglia
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Nietzsche, Dune and the power of religion

God is dead. But not in Dune

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