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Award
Against Stupidity Award 2019
We are pleased to announce that the Philosophy Now Against Stupidity Award 2019 will be presented to Prof. Angela Phillips, journalist, academic and author.
Arts & Letters
A Forgiving Reason: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes’ Success
Tim Weldon detects links between Sherlock Holmes and Blaise Pascal in the operation of intuition.
Ockham’s Rose
Carol Nicholson looks at philosophical themes in The Name Of The Rose. (WARNING: CONTAINS PLOT SPOILERS.)
Can Art Fight Fascism?
Justin Kaushall considers Adorno’s argument that radical art radically changes consciousness.
The Case Against Conceptual Art
Trevor Pateman makes the case for the prosecution.
Regulars
Editorial: The Functions of Art
by Grant Bartley
News: December 2018 / January 2019
Berggruen Prize given to Martha Nussbaum • Confusion over approval of dog experiments • Roger Scruton to chair housing design body — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
Mary Midgley (September 13, 1919 - October 10, 2018)
Carol Nicholson on a remarkable ethicist and Philosophy Now contributor.
Hegel on History
Lawrence Evans rationally interprets Hegel’s rational interpretation of history.
The Trouble with Hegel
Chris Christensen thinks Hegel shouldn’t have stopped where he did.
Putting Animals & Humans To Sleep
John Shand doubts there is a moral difference.
Philosophy: A Call to Action
Calvin H. Warner asks if philosophy can improve our lives.
I Hate Philosophy
At least Gray Kochhar-Lindgren can be philosophical about it.
Columns
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Philosophical Haiku: Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)
by Terence Green
Philosophy Then: Philosophy for the Young, Medieval Style
Peter Adamson on battles over the trivium and quadrivium.
Tallis in Wonderland: Brains, Minds, Selves
Raymond Tallis uses all three to show that he has all three.
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Philosophical Haiku: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
by Terence Green
Reviews
From Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel Dennett
We delve into the brain to look for the mind this issue as Peter Stone agrees with Daniel Dennett that we don’t know our own minds (or brains).
I Am Not A Brain by Markus Gabriel
Stephen Anderson agrees with Markus Gabriel that our minds aren’t brains.
Santa Claus: The Movie
Chris Vaughan says “Bah humbug” to consumer society.
To Be Born: Genesis of a New Human Being by Luce Irigaray
Dharmender Dhillon muses on Luce Irigaray’s best way to make an individual.
Fiction
The Light From Our Eyes
Stephen Brewer wonders what’s in the (mind’s) eye of the beholder.
