Scholarly Philosophy
Scholarly Philosophy presents independently readable monographs and connected series that develop sustained arguments across major philosophical questions.
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Philosophy for Scholarship and Public Life
Onward Philosophy Press publishes sustained philosophical works for scholarly inquiry and public philosophy books that bring philosophical reflection into the conditions of contemporary life.
Two Publishing Lines
Public Philosophy
Accessible philosophical books that bring sustained reflection to the conditions of contemporary life.
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Finitude: Living with Limits, Choice, and the Unfinished Life
A public philosophy book on limits, choice, time, responsibility, and the unfinished life.
View bookDeath: Loss, Mortality, and the Irreplaceable Human
Death: Loss, Mortality, and the Irreplaceable Human
A public philosophy book on loss, mortality, irreplaceability, and the seriousness of finite life.
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Bearing
A series on finitude, death, suffering, hope, conviction, love, goodness, and wisdom.
Civilizational Futures
A series on technology, responsibility, non-human others, alien civilization, children, freedom, and the future of civilization.
Education for Becoming Human
A series on children, learning, judgment, attention, reading, language, failure, and discipline.
The Human in the Age of AI
A series on what remains human when artificial intelligence enters work, education, truth, freedom, and love.
The Limits of Work
A series on work, efficiency, burnout, middle age, usefulness, achievement, changing course, and rest.
The Person in Relationships
A series on loneliness, possession, understanding, separation, love, family, forgiveness, and living together.
Essays
The Limits of Work
Why Faster No Longer Means Better
Efficiency is most persuasive when it genuinely reduces burden. A process becomes shorter, repetitive labor declines, work is finished earlier, and time is released for other needs.
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Why Performance Is Not Personhood
A machine-generated reply can sound patient. It can remember an earlier exchange, acknowledge concern, and produce a carefully worded apology in seconds. Faced with such performance, it is understandable to read the system as understanding, caring, or judging.
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Why Children Are Not Projects
A child says they no longer want to continue an activity they have pursued for years. The family quickly begins discussing résumés, opportunities, money already spent, and what quitting might mean later. The child meant to explain an experience; the conversation becomes a plan for the future.
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Follow books, series, and essays through questions that matter in lived experience.
About the Press
An independent philosophy publisher in Vancouver, Canada, working across scholarly inquiry and public life.