A few years ago, I became interested in Paradox Interactive’s game, Cities: Skylines. It is a game wherein one designs his or her own city, meeting the various demands of citizens through zoning, constructing buildings and funding public services, all while trying to maintain a balanced budget. Admittedly, I usually…

An Examination of the Ontologies of John Locke and George Berkeley More often than not, common sense would have one believe that the world is made up of matter. One knows this because one can simply walk up to any given object and immediately experience said object through the senses but is this actually true? …

The 2008 financial crisis created a marked shift in the career prospects of many university students. Suddenly students’ enrolment in humanities majors, including philosophy, plummeted in favour of STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Something similar has also been seen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; less available…