Issue 39 3rd quarter 2007

Contents

Reporter

4 News Hound
News, plus straw poll and mediawatch.

11 Cafe Culture
Talking about the big issues over a large cappuccino.

15 Word of Mouse
Luciano Floridi finds you only live twice.

16 The Last Priest
A new play revives interest in a forgotten pioneer.

Thoughts

19 Desert
Brad Hooker asks whether true morality is what we deserve.

25 Sci-Phi
Why getting real is actually quite hard.

27 Jazz Pedagogy
How teachers can become swinging cats.

30 Provocations
Chemicals with that, sir?

31 On Robert
A personal tribute to the late Robert Soloman.

Forum - The State of Our Art

A collection of reports from the front line of philosophy.

34 The Profession

39 American

42 Continental

45 Political

49 Applied

52 Aesthetic

55 Women

58 Religion

61 Science

64 Metaphysics

68 History

Discussion

70 My Philosophy
Astral planes to Zen with psychologist Susan Blackmore.

74 Wine Time
What wisdom lies at the bottom of a bottle.

The Lowdown

78 The Directory
Listings of UK and US philosophy organisations.

79 Conceptual Carvery
How to hold Hume's fork correctly.

80 Snapshot
The lowdown on Jacques Lacan.

82 Pop Culture
Religious toleration, as not seen in Family Guy.

Review

85 New books: from Rawls to unreason, via the idea of continental philosophy and Adam Smith.

Last Words

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

94 Letters
Your views, plus blog highlights.

96 The Skeptic
Listen to Wendy, and save some breath.