Phil On Tap 15/10/2026: Ed Skidelsky – Is Education a Commodity? The Future of the British University

Freddy Purcell covers Ed Skidelsky's piercing philosophical examination of higher education.

Freddy Purcell covers Ed Skidelsky's piercing philosophical examination of higher education.

I will argue in this essay that thinking for yourself is deeply uncomfortable and that humans choose to not think for themselves as a form of protection.

I will argue that McCloskey's argument concerning 'Humanomics' trace back to Adam Smith and are thus perhaps more of the ‘essence’ of economics itself in comparison to the MaxU approach.

Charlie Theodosius - I wrote the following commentary last year. It seems apt to publish it in Notion as it concerns Hegel's philosophy and, as such, his concept of the Notion.

Jodie, Theo and Dr Edward Skidelsky – 21/01/2016

Alex Rafael Rose, Illustrated by Oliver Kadouchkine – 23/01/2017

Dan Mason, A short story -
"Blessed by the High Priests of Syr, who doth proclaim him Rylaeg or “Gods’ Judge” in the common tongue of our more complacent world, he marched at the head of a great host, binding each upstart lord to vassalage."

Dan Mason, A poem. - "Eternity cares little, delicate flower. Look now to your fate: witness! See it. Know it. Embrace it.

Cameron Townsley - The aim of this essay is not to show that we are capable of harming sex robots themselves; it is to question why we accept the facilitation of inhumane behaviour, and to argue that this will cause future harm to women. Thus, I argue that if we are going to continue with the development of sex robotics, we will need regulate how consent is programmed.