philosophy | The Walrus

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Society

How to Live with Death

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 - by Mark Kingwell

Even if our odds of dying at any given moment are low, we can’t escape the risks underlying our existence

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Arts & Culture

Why Nostalgia Is Our New Normal

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 - by David Berry

For hundreds of years, doctors thought nostalgia was a disease. Now, it’s a name for our modern condition

Illustration of a Gloved Hand Passing a Book Between Prison Bars

First Person / January/February 2018

I Was a Bank Robber Until I Read Kant

January 4, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Robbie Dillon

The one thing that criminals and philosophers share is a sense of being an outsider

March 2017 / Sports

Philosopher Up to Bat

February 21, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Mark Kingwell

Baseball is the sport that brings jocks and nerds together

Books / December 2004/January 2005

Burning Man

December 12, 2004May 4, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Books discussed in this essay An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by Pankaj Mishra Farrar, Strauss & Giroux 320 pp., $36 Buddha by Karen Armstrong Penguin 205 …