Issue 2 Spring 1998

Contents

News and Reports

6 News
Tributes to Isaiah Berlin; Supermarket ethics; Carl Hempel obituary; plus more.

8 MediaWatch
A selection from clippings about philosophy from newspapers and magazines

Features

10 Le Café Philosophique est Arrivé
Coffee and chat in south London, but is it philosophy?

12 The Skeptic's Champion
An interview with the editor of the on-line Skeptic's Dictionary and Guide to the New Millenium.

Essays

14 Unlikely Philosophy: Philosophy Football
The first of a new series revealing philosophical ideas in disguise.

16 Underrated, Overlooked: Casuistry
A much-maligned discipline that deserves a second look? Dr Peter Holmes considers the evidence.

Open Debate

18 The Moral Imperative To Rebel Against God
Philosophy meets Dostoevsky as Dr Peter Fosl considers how the existence of evil affects our attitude towards God.

Conference Briefing

25 Plato and Aristotle on Human Happiness
We present highlights from a recent conference, which provided an exhilarating tour around the thought of two of two of the fathers of modern western philosophy.

Primers

30 Snapshots
Thomas Kuhn
Frank Pajares
John Stuart Mill
Peter Holmes

32 Chance or Design?
A new series examining the classic problems in the philosophy of religion kicks off with a look at the teleological argument.

Forum

34 Consciousness Explained?
Six articles looking at philosophical questions surrounding consciousness, from a wide variety of perspectives. Includes: Ned Block; Timothy Sprigge and Naomi Eilan.

The Philosophers' Review

52-60 New Publications Reviewed

Regulars

61 Philosophy@The.Internet

62 Q&A

63 Paradoxes

64 From Our Own Correspondence

66 The Skeptic