Issue 23 3rd quarter 2003

Contents

Reporter

6 News Hound
The face of Plato; Times tables; and Open Court success.

11 After Iraq
How philosophers reacted to the war.

13 Word of Mouse
The ethics of voluntary humiliation.

15 Bacc to Basics
Will the UK make theory of knowledge compulsory in schools.

18 Out and About
Tim Le Bon on 90 years of the Philosophical Society of Britain.

Thoughts

19 Plato's Pleasures
Jeff Mason on what the great Greek can teach us about love and desire.

21 Sci-Phi
Mathew Iredale's regular look at science and philosophy.

22 Science and Ethics
Robert Halliday and Heidi Ravven look to biology for some moral education.

25 Provocations
Michael LaBossiere wonders whether the idea that minds are distinct from brains can ever be tested.

Forum - The Human/Animal Divide

28 Introduction
Why animals raise perennial problems.

29 Kenan Malik
Jeremy Stangroom interviews the author of Men, Beast and Zombie

32 Shaggy dog stories
Raimond Gaita on fiction, humans and animals.

35 A different difference
Simon Glendinning remembers Sophy Dog.

38 Survey
Our readers' attitudes to animals revealed.

40 Painism
Richard Ryder explains his new moral theory.

43 The nose job
Stephen Clark on the moral dangers of taxonomy.

Discussion

46 Open Debate - A defence of libertarianism
Tibor Machan takes on critics of his defence of libertarianism.

50 What is a lie?
David Cowan deconstructs Derrida.

The Lowdown

51 The Directory
Listings of UK and US philosophy organisations.

55 Conceptual Carvery
Philosophy's vital distinctions.

52 Snapshots
The lowdown on Camus and Chomsky.

54 Explaining Ethics
Simon Eassom's introduction to ethics looks at caring.

Review

57-61 We take a look at new publications.

Last Words

62 Bertrand's Break
Cartoons, quizes and the crossword.

64 Letters
In which the editor's failings are mercilessly dissected.

66 The Skeptic
Just put your spirits together and blow