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The Ultimate Guide to Metaphysics
A collection of lively, accessible articles from past issues of Philosophy Now on the nature of reality. The Ultimate Guide to Metaphysics is divided into five chapters: Causality & Time; Identity & Change; Knowledge & Perception; God; Determinism & Free Will.
Frankenstein & Philosophy
Frankenstein Lives!
Tim Madigan considers the core philosophical themes of the long-lived novel.
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein & Moral Philosophy
Raymond Boisvert explores prominent ethical facets of Frankenstein.
Regulars
Editorial: Creature Discomforts
by “Adam”
News: October/November 2018
China hosts vast World Congress • Johns Hopkins philosophy department prepares to throw big party • Causality starts to look wobbly — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
Why Is There A World?
Carlo Filice wonders why a god would bother to create a world.
What Makes A Philosopher?
Siobhan Lyons hunts down a philosopher’s essential ingredients.
A Brief Explanation of Anarchism
Mary Shelley’s father, political philosopher William Godwin, was the first modern exponent of anarchism. In his honour, Nick Gutierrez states the stateless ideal.
Does Western Philosophy Have Egyptian Roots?
Peter Flegel highlights possible connections between early Greek philosophy and the ideas of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
Abortion & Phenomenology
Michael Kowalik considers a possible implication of abortion for self-awareness.
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
Sandrine Bergès considers the too short wanderings of a political philosopher.
Columns
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Philosophical Haiku: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
by Terence Green
Street Philosopher: Instrumental In Iraq
Seán Moran blows the whistle on Plato’s flautophobia.
Philosophy Then: A Vindication of A Vindication
Peter Adamson asks what Mary Wollstonecraft wanted.
Tallis in Wonderland: Technoimmortalization
Raymond Tallis tells us how (not) to live forever.
Reviews
To Be Born: Genesis of a New Human Being by Luce Irigaray
Dharmender Dhillonmuses on Luce Irigaray’s best way to make an individual.
Judged by Ziyad Marar
Alexander Hooke judges a book about being judged.
Philosophy For Non-Philosophers by Louis Althusser
Neil Richardson philosophises on what Louis Althusser has to say to non-philosophers.
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
David White takes a long strange trip with Jerry Garcia to watch Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.
Fiction
At the Existentialist Park
Douglas Groothuis reports an unexpected meeting of minds.
