Issue 43 4th Quarter 2008

Contents

Actions and Events

4 From the Editor

5 News
It's good news for Adam Smith and Thomas Hobbes, but bad for David Hume.

9 Mediawatch
Philosophy and philosophers in the mass media.

10 Word of Mouse
Luciano Floridi's on how IT is changing sport.

12 Threads
Ophelia Benson's regular look at blogs.

Thoughts

15 The TPM Essay
Mark Rowlands is puzzled by girls going wild.

24 Sci-Phi
Matthew Iredale's regular look at science and philosophy.

Forum - XXII World Congress Special

28 Our overview of the week-long congress
Havi Carel on the moral obligation to give your organs.

35 Word Power
Peter Kemp's opening address.

41 David Chalmers
The first of five congress interviews.

50 What? Why? Who?
The story behind the WCP and its organiser.

56 Ioanna Kucuradi
Talking and acting on human rights.

60 Anglo-Saxon reserve
Where were the British in Korea?

67 Ernie Lepore
Words about words.

72 The Pluralism Problem
John Haldane on the Scottish miracle.

78 Jonathan Israel
Why philosophers need history.

83 The Mind of the Host
Inside Korean Philosophy.

88 Alvin Goldman
Knowledge gets social.

94 Uniting Nations
UNESCO's love affair with philosophy.

99 The Delegates View
Perspectives from Africa and Asia.

The Lowdown

103 Snapshot: Rudolf Carnap
Time for a come-back?

106 Directory
National and local philosophical associations.

107 Pop Culture
Why House isn't nice, but good.

Review

113 New Books
Reviews of new books on the environment, Adorno, finitude and French TV.

114 Author Q&A
Clare Hay rewrites a classic.

116 Imagine That
Jean Kazez's on dating as art.

118 Review of reviews
What the critics said about Simon Critchley and Alan Sokal.

Last Words

127 The Skeptic
Wendy Grossman's regular column.