Issue 25 1st quarter 2004

Contents

Reporter

6 News Hound
Philosophy prizes; new Honderich row; Davidson, Wollheim, Rachels and Wilkes die; and more.

13 Word of Mouse
Are internet friendships real.

15 The making of a modern master
Davidson talks to Ernest Laporte about becoming a philosopher.

17Out and About
Tim Le Bon on how they do things different in Finland.

Thoughts

18 Call in the shrinks
Louise Braddock on the relationship between philosophy and psychoanalysis.

20 Sci-Phi
Is it time that Schrodinger's cat was let out of its box?

21 Sporting significance
Keith Thompson on why it really does matter if a ball crosses a line.

23 Provocations
Michael LaBossiere on whether artists have irrevocable rights over their creations.

24 The making of a Straussian
Disciples of Leo Strauss, favoured philosopher of neo-conservatives.

Forum - The Multicultural Society and its Discontents

28 Lord of plurality
Julian Baggini talks to Britain's leading theorist of multiculturalism, Bhikhu Parekh.

31 Creating citizens
Bernard Crick on how and why to teach citizenship.

33 Being British
It's not immigrants who have a problem with being British, argues Claire Fox.

35 Saying the unsayable
An interview with multiculturalism's gadfly, Slavoj Zizek.

38 The widening gyre
Barry Gardiner argues that liberalism can't cash its claim to neutrality.

40 Inside 0ut
Maleiha Malik on institutions taking religious commitments seriously.

42 The identity trap
Piers Benn on why group recognition is not always a good thing.

Discussion

45 Open Debate - Sex with a teacher
E. R. Klein argues that no good reason has yet been given for academic institutions to condemn consensual sexual relationships between students and lecturers.

49 Thought against defeat
John Shand talks to the philosophical outsider, Colin Wilson.

The Lowdown

51 The Directory
Listings of UK and US philosophy organisations.

50 Conceptual Carvery
Philosophy's vital distinctions.

52 Snapshots
The lowdown on Fodor and Turing.

54 The remaking of a classic
Howard Caygill on why Norman Kemp Smith's translation of Kant still sets the standard.

Review

56-61 We take a look at new publications.

Last Words

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

64 Letters
Derrida; philosophy and academia; and hard science.

66 The Skeptic
Fun and fantasy are not a problem for hard-nosed realists.