What Philosophers Think

Edited by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom

Published by Continuum, April 2003.

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What

Simon Blackburn
Helena Cronin
Don Cupitt
Richard Dawkins
Michael Dummett
Stuart Hampshire
John Harris
Ted Honderich
Mary Midgley
Ray Monk
Hilary Putnam
Jonathan Ree
Janet Radcliffe Richards
Roger Scruton
John Searle
Peter Singer
Alan Sokal
Russell Stannard
Richard Swinburne
Peter Vardy
Mary Warnock
Edward O. Wilson

Think

What does evolution mean today? Do we have free will? How is technology changing the way we understand life? Where is God? Does art have value? Is science the new philosophy? What are the ethics of making war? How does language hold meaning? Is freedom possible?

These are only some of the questions addressed in What Philosophers Think, a collection of interviews with some of the world's leading philosophers and intellectuals.

The interviews cover a wide range of themes, including sex, religion, politics, language, consciousness, evil, feminism and art. The interviews originally appeared in The Philosophers' Magazine. They have been revised and expanded for publication in What Philosophers Think.