Philosopher's Zone

Video games helps us to engage philosophically with issues of ethics, identity and more. This makes them potentially useful as a classroom learning tool — but what about all that violence?

Video games helps us to engage philosophically with issues of ethics, identity and more. This makes them potentially useful as a classroom learning tool — but what about all that violence?

Writing a global history of philosophy is a tricky business - but that hasn't stopped this week's guest from taking it on.

Writing a global history of philosophy is a tricky business - but that hasn't stopped this week's guest from taking it on.

How's your Confucianism? If the answer is "a little rusty", then you're not alone. Confucianism and Chinese philosophy are niche subjects in Australia, even among students of Chinese background.

How's your Confucianism? If the answer is "a little rusty", then you're not alone. Confucianism and Chinese philosophy are niche subjects in Australia, even among students of Chinese background.

Few serious Nietzsche scholars today regard him as having been any sort of proto-Nazi. But that hasn’t stopped alt-right extremists today from "rediscovering" Nietzsche and claiming him as a philosophical ally.

Few serious Nietzsche scholars today regard him as having been any sort of proto-Nazi. But that hasn’t stopped alt-right extremists today from "rediscovering" Nietzsche and claiming him as a philosophical ally.

What happens when doctors and ethicists get together – particularly when the patient under discussion is a young child? And how can philosophy help?

What happens when doctors and ethicists get together – particularly when the patient under discussion is a young child? And how can philosophy help?