Issue 37 1st quarter 2007

Contents

Reporter

4 News Hound
News, plus straw poll and mediawatch.

12 Fertile Blogs?
Ophelia Benson examines the rise of the philosophy blogger.

15 Dublin Tour
The thinking person's guide to the Irish capital.

18 Word of Mouse
Luciano Floridi on the arrival of Vista.

Thoughts

19 On Reasons
Jonathan Dancy pens The TPM Essay.

25 Sci-Phi
Are robots starting to wake up?

27 Xenophon
Why Socrates's chronicler is more than just a historian.

30 Provocations
The evolution of right and wrong.

31 Troth and Truth
In trust we reason, argues Edmond Wright.

Forum - Certainty and Doubt

36 The Wisdom of Not Knowing
An interview with Anthony Kenny.

42 Imperial Folly
Stuart Sim on the empires of belief.

46 Being Agnostic
Mark Vernon argues against atheism and belief.

50 On Probability
Why certainty does not belong in the God wars.

54 What is best?
Why the occident has lost its nerve.

58 Clarity in 2D
The virtue of gross over-simplification.

Discussion

62 My Philosophy
Argentine novelist Guillermo Martinez.

67 Open Debate
Stephen Law on the war for children's minds.

75 Talking Politics
Top philosophers answer key questions.

The Lowdown

82 The Directory
Listings of UK and US philosophy organisations.

79 Conceptual Carvery
How to make your arguments valid and sound.

82 Snapshot
The lowdown on Hannah Arendt.

83 Pop Culture
South Park kicks of our new series.

Review

85 New books: Ronald Dworkin, Jonathan Glover, Richard Sorabji, and more.

Last Words

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

94 Letters
Irritability factor: severe gale to stormy.

96 The Skeptic
Saving children from claptrap.