The Oracle

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The Oracle (est. 2007) is Philosophia's Undergraduate Student Philosophy Journal, hosted at York University. It is recognized by the Canadian Journal of Philosophy (CJP) and the American Philosophical Association (APA).

The Oracle's primary aim is to encourage philosophical scholarship and discourse among undergraduate students in Canada across a wide range of disciplines. Click 'About' in the Navigation Menu to learn more.

Current Issue

No. 18 (2025): The Oracle

Note: page numbers listed to the right of each title correspond to the journal's .pdf page.

Published: 2025-12-07

Full Issue

Front Matter

Inside Cover

1-2
Table of Contents

3

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Micheal Habib (Author)

4
Letter from the Editor

Micheal Habib (Author)

5

Articles

Death Awareness in Non-Human Minds: A Philosophical Inquiry Edited by Kseniya Dybatch

Isabella Faith Ciaravino (Author)

7-23
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A Right but Not a Duty: The Morality of Dying Edited by Sana Paracha

Kore Moros Scheibe (Author)

26-36
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Deprivation of Possibility: Implications for Socioeconomic Inequality Edited by Abbey Hurri

Nathan Phillips (Author)

39-57
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Is Human Love Essentially Transactional? An Examination of Unconditional Love and Reciprocity Edited by Amy Guillen-Lanza

Elif Karayunusoglu (Author)

59-67
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The Colonial Hangover: Why Western Law Still Thinks It’s Universal Edited by Maaz Hamid

Aynaz Raiszadeh (Author)

70-92
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Sexual Liberalism as Wantonism: A Frankfurtian Defense of Srinivasan Edited by Micheal Habib

Louis Chiu (Author)

95-108
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Creative Submissions

Scatter

Tori Gosse (Author)

24-25
- PDF
Astral Embodiment: Thinking Piece

Sophia Efere (Author)

37-38
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Wild Seedlings

Chantal Nguyen (Author)

58
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Senescence

Alesha Tijani (Author)

68-69
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Brewed Extraction: Coffee as an Allegory for Colonial Desire

Hamzah Taleb (Author)

93-94
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Back Cover

Back Cover

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