I like writing for non-academic audiences. I also like doing public philosophy.
2024
- 'The Hermit of the Lonely Loch', Daily Philosophy, 16 August 2024.
- 'Hánfēizǐ - A Chinese Philosophical Pessimist?', Daily Philosophy, 22 May 2024.
- 'Taking Pessimism Seriously', Daily Philosophy, 11 May 2024.
- ‘Buddha’s Exact Teachings and the Paradox of Social Activism’, Sri Lanka Guardian, 13 May 2024.*
- ‘Should Buddhists Be Social Activists?’, Sri Lanka Guardian, 11 May 2024.
- ‘Social Consciousness in Buddhism’, Sri Lanka Guardian, 6 May 2024.
- 'Dr Ian James Kidd on Epistemic Injustice, Pathophobia in Healthcare, Duality, Philosophy, and So Much More', Mama Muse, 3 May 2024.*
2023
- Review of Adam Kirsch, The Revolt Against Humanity, Philosophy Now 159 (2023).
- 'Transhumanism and misanthropy', Daily Philosophy, 1 December, 2 December.
- 'Pseudoscience after Feyerabend', online conversation with Chiara Ambrosio, The Philosopher, 25 September.*
- Chapters on the good life, moral rules, animals. the experience machine, and moral relativism, Laura D’Olimpio (ed.), Short Cuts: Philosophy: Navigate Your Way Through Big Ideas (UniPress, 2023), 80-100.
- ‘The hero’s story: To triumph over suffering: When the hero’s narrative undermines truthful and meaningful connections to others’, co-authored with Laura Blackie, Psychology Today, 10 July 2023.
- 'Extremism, Multidimensionalism, and Myopia', online lecture, Extreme Beliefs and Behaviour, VU Amsterdam, 28-29 June.*
- Interview on Notts Today talking about the 'silencing' of patients, episode 207, Live Notts, 17 March 2023.*
- 'A Different Look at Buddhism', RE Today 40.2 (2023): 67.*
- 'Black women are at greater risk of maternal death in the UK - here's what needs to be done', The Conversation 1 June 2023.
- ‘Buddhism vs. Science’, Fortean Times 430 (2023): 40-33.
- 'Institutional Opacity and Trust', co-authored with Havi Carel, Open for Debate, 12 June 2023.
- 'Medical gaslighting takes a toll on women's health', discusses some of my research, Re:solve Global Health, 18 April.
- ‘Why Misanthropy?’, Anthony Morgan (ed.), What Matters Most: Conversations on the Art of Living (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Agenda, 2023), 221-232.*
2022
- 'Should Buddhists be Social Activists?', part 3, Daily Philosophy, 12 December 2022.
- 'Should Buddhists be Social Activists?', part 2, Daily Philosophy, 5 December 2022.
- 'Should Buddhists be Social Activists?', part 1, Daily Philosophy, 28 November 2022.
- ‘Hermeneutical Injustice and the Depths of Depression’, Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology, 6 October 2022.*
- 'The Ambivalence of Cynicism', Open for Debate, 19 September 2022.*
- 'Loneliness is Many Things', Thinkful, 25 August 2022*
- 'Loneliness and Interpersonal Connection', a public talk at the University of Birmingham, 18 May 2022.*
- ‘Shénnóng and the Agriculturalist School’, Daily Philosophy, 22 April 2022.
2021
- '"Following the Science"? Some Feyerabendian reflections', Medium, 23 December 2021.
- 'Is It Fair to Condemn Humankind? How Do We Live in a Cruel World? A Conversation with Ian James Kidd', Breaking the Spell, 25 November 2021.*
- 'Why Do People Resist EDI Initiatives?', Association of Medical Research Charities, 7 October 2021.*
- ‘Gardens of Refuge’, Daily Philosophy, 4 October 2021.
- ‘Going Slow’, Daily Philosophy, 11 September 2021.
- ‘Ghosts in classical Chinese philosophy’, Fortean Times 407 (July 2021): 54-55.
- 'Papers, Please! Vaccine Passports Are Not As Straightforward As You Think', The Critic (online) 21 June 2021.
- 'Episode 26: Misanthropy', Thought: Philosophy Untangled (University of Glasgow Podcast), 21 May 2021.*
- 'Character, Vices, and Authority', The Philosopher spring issue (2021): 23-28.*
- You can watch a discussion about these themes: 'Character, Vices, and Authority', a panel discussion with Heather Battaly, Casey Johnson, and me, organised by the Philosophical Society of England, 13 May 2021.
- ‘“We’re all Feyerabendians now!” Where science and society meet – The contemporary relevance of Paul K. Feyerabend (1924-1994)’, interviewed by Richard House, Self & Society 6 (2021): 1-23.
2020
- ‘Dogmatism be damned!’, Fortean Times 399: (2020): 54:55.
- ‘Let’s Open Up Debate About Lockdowns’, co-authored by Matthew Ratcliffe, The Critic (online) 19 November 2020.
- ‘Why it is Right to Question the Orthodox Covid-19 Narrative’, co-authored by Matthew Ratcliffe, The Critic (online) 6 November 2020.
- 'Welcome to Covidworld', co-authored with Matthew Ratcliffe, The Critic, 28 October 2020.
- 'Virtues and Vices of Misanthropy', Demystifying Science blog 28 September 2020.* (video / podcast)
- ‘How To Be A Misanthrope’, online interview with Anthony Morgan for The Philosophical Society of England, 24 August 2020 (online).*
- ‘Philosophical Misanthropy’, Philosophy Now August/September issue (2020): 22-25.
2019 and before
- ‘Pathophobia as the social oppression of ill persons’, Transculture blog, University of Wolverhampton 2019.*
- ‘Vices, misanthropy, and Daoism’, podcast interview, Philosophy in Three Words, Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture series, University of Exeter, May 2019.*
- 'Epistemic vices', Why We Argue podcast, 2019.*
- ‘Taking “inner beauty” seriously’, Beauty Matters blog, July 2017.*
- 'Education, edification, and epistemic corruption', Edinburgh, 5 October 2016.
- ‘Being ill, living well’, Aeon | ideas and culture, 8 November 2016.*
- 'Vice-charging: Calling Out the Vices of the Mind', The Tablet (Biola University Centre for Christian Thought), 28 November 2016.*
- ‘Why should men care about gender inequality?’, interview in the Irish Times, 17 March 2015.*
- ‘Why should men care about gender inequality?’, Irish Times, 17 March 2015.*
- ‘Doing away with scientism’, Philosophy Now 102 (May/June 2014).
- ‘A future without science?’, The Philosopher 99.2 (2011).*
- ‘Battle for the stars’, Fortean Times 259 (March 2010): 51.
- ‘Black hole revelations’, Fortean Times 255 (Nov 2009): 51.
- ‘Paul Feyerabend and the monster ‘science’’, Philosophy Now 74 (July/August 2009).
- ‘No solace in a quantum’, Fortean Times 244 (Jan 2009): 57.
- ‘Why have a website?’, GRADBritain 7 (2009): 8.
- ‘Paul Feyerabend and the monster ‘Science’’, Philosophy Now 74 (July/August 2009).
- ‘In praise of voodoo’, Fortean Times 240 (2008): 55.
- ‘Do we really need “career development”?’, GRADBritain 5 (2008): 6.
- ‘On students and boundaries’, GRADBritain 5 (2008): 6.
- ‘In praise of voodoo’, Fortean Times 240 (2008): 55
- ‘Deep space wanderers’, Fortean Times 222 (2007): 55.
- Review of Geoffrey Scarre, Death, Fortean Times 227 (2007): 62.
- ‘The subtle art of networking’, GRADBritain 2 (2007): 6.
- Review of Gerard J. DeGroot, Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest, Fortean Times 223 (2007): 60.
- Review of Gary Lachmann, Discovering Swedenborg, Fortean Times 220 (2007).
- ‘Against the tide’, Fortean Times 216 (2005): 54-55.
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