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 Issue 42 3rd Quarter 2008
Contents
Actions and Events
4 From the Editor
5 News
Getting down to business, on with interculturalism, and up with intellectuals and young talent.
10 Mediawatch
Philosophy and philosophers in the mass media.
11 Word of Mouse
Luciano Floridi's barters on the web.
14 In the city
How Sheffield students are taking their subject into schools.
18 Threads
Ophelia Benson's new column on the blogosphere.
Thoughts
20 The Interview
Roger Scruton on being a conservative outsider.
31 The TPM Essay
Roy Sorensen on images that speak louder than words.
40 Sci-Phi
Matthew Iredale's regular look at science and philosophy.
43 The Doctor's Duty
Havi Carel on the moral obligation to give your organs.
50 Letter from... Malta
Mark Montebello writes from a small but vital crossroads.
53 Knowledge in the AI age
New approaches to some very old problems.
58 Rethinking Jung
Paul Bishop on the ideas behind psychoanalysis.
Forum - The Legacy of the Enlightenment
65 Head to head
Ophelia Benson and Dan Hind dispute the legacy of the Enlightenment.
74 Fate Defying Feats
Frank Furedi on the birth of a world made by history.
77 The Erasure of Islam
Ziauddin Sardar refuses to salute the Enlightenment.
80 Northern Lights
John Haldane on the Scottish miracle.
83 Engineers of Minds
Craig Nelson on what got Paine ticking.
90 You've Got To Laugh
Giles Fraser gets serious about humour.
93 The Great Infidel
Ted Morris in praise of Hume.
The Lowdown
96 Directory
National and local philosophical associations.
97 Snapshot: Avicenna
The low down on one of Islam's great thinkers.
100 Pop Culture
Paraconsistent logic in The Office.
Review
105 New Books
Reviews of new books by Alain Badiou, Simon Critchley, Colin McGinn and Alan Sokal.
114 Author Q&A
Harold Schweizer tries to keep us waiting.
116 Picture This
Jean Kazez's new arts column.
118 Review of reviews
What the critics said about Ray Tallis and A. C. Grayling.
Last Words
121 My Philosophy
Biologist Lewis Wolpert doesn't mince his words.
127 The Skeptic
Wendy Grossman's regular column.
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