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The killer at the door • “Although to use deception in any action is detestable, nevertheless in waging war it is praiseworthy and brings fame: he who conquers the enemy by deception is praised as much as he who conquers them by force.”

Cats are cats are cats are...

Killing truth • ‘Truth’ in kanji. According to Rev. Masato Kawahatsu, this character is in the form of a person who is upside down, which indicates that the person is dead.

When history stopped

ARBUS AND BOSNINS

THE TRUTH HURTS

Beating the polygraph

Good Cop, Pragmatist About the Nature of Truth Cop

Can brains be trusted?

From the cradle to the grave

Hidden truths

ALTERNATIVE TRUTH

Make your bed and lie in it

Nothing but the truth

THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO ORWELL

Deepfakes

Truth

ON BULLSHIT

LIAR, LIAR

The meaning of truth

Evolving truth

THE SHIFTING SEAT OF TRUTH

THE BEAST AND THE MAN

The Museum of Art & Philosophy (MAP)

Truth and justice

Truth • What is truth? How much do truth and lies define how we see the world? Here are six thinkers’ views on truth and lies.

EMBRACING THE TRUTH (AND ANGER)

ALL IS TRUTH

Truth and lies

OF LIARS

The energetic masquerade • Here we present the winners of New Philosopher Writers’ Award XXXII: Energy. Once more, we received a large number of entries from all around the world, from Australia to the US to Norway to the UK. In first place is physicist Steve Allen for “The energetic masquerade” and in second place is writer Anna Branford for “Work, wakefulness, and sleep”.

Work, wakefulness, and sleep

WOMANKIND

Our library • Food for thought from the New Philosopher library. We discover books that can change the way you view the world.

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