Logomachy, or the Conflict of the Faculties

Introduction: A Philosophical Crisis

In the UK, over the last several years, philosophy has come under sustained state-sanctioned attack. The closure of the University of Kent’s Department of Philosophy, the …
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2026 strikes me as the year in which AI’s fiercest critics began writing their critiques with the help of artificial intelligence. I notice because they use it clumsily and barely …
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The apparent conflict at the heart of Toy Story 5 (Andrew Stanton, 2026) is easy to understand. Sheriff Jessie (Joan Cusack), together with Woody (Tom Hanks), Bullseye, and the other traditional toys, …
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