What does Marx mean by ‘alienation’? Is he right to maintain that alienation is a necessary feature of the workers’ life under capitalism? The idea of alienation is understood in a broader sense to mean the condition of a person who experiences life as empty and meaningless or perceives themself as worthless. This, in turn,Continue reading “Marx: Alienation”

It started, as it always does, on the recommendation of a friend. Chrys AI, she said. Texts like a person. Posts like a person. The picture was a blocky representation of a robot, but apart from that; a normal, human-looking profile. Except Chrys was not a human. He was not born, but designed, the propertyContinue reading “Being Human”

I would like to think that it is almost an entirely universal experience to relay to a friend a favourite joke of yours (whether that is a live, animated retelling or merely, in my case, mandatory viewing of a James Acaster compilation), and be met with the ever-disappointing faked mumble of a laugh followed byContinue reading “Philosophy of Humour”

A short story by Hannah Mortimer Dennis had just poured milk over his cereal when there was a knock at the door.  He went to answer it.  ‘Hello.’ said the man on Dennis’ doorstep. He had a familiar voice. ‘I am here to take you to our universe.’ The man smiled and gestured first toContinue reading “The Two Dennises”

What is the connection between bodily awareness and the sense of touch? By Amelia Wood There are various approaches to how connected these two concepts are. For the sake of this essay, I shall put aside the arguments which attempt to show there is no connection between these two and make the presupposition that aContinue reading “Touch and Bodily Awareness”