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Author: "Alistair MacFarlane"

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

Alistair MacFarlane looks at a man who applied his thought to his life.
[Issue 126: June/July 2018: Brief Lives]

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

Alistair MacFarlane considers the long and thoughtful life of Thomas Hobbes.
[Issue 124: February/March 2018: Brief Lives]

Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990)

Alistair MacFarlane considers the modes of life of a conservative philosopher.
[Issue 122: October/November 2017: Brief Lives]

John Rawls (1921-2002)

Alistair MacFarlane traces the life of an influential political theorist.
[Issue 121: August/September 2017: Brief Lives]

David Hume (1711-1776)

Alistair MacFarlane treats of the life of a great Scot.
[Issue 119: April/May 2017: Brief Lives]

Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970)

Alistair MacFarlane looks at the possibilities of a logical life.
[Issue 118: February/March 2017: Brief Lives]

Gottlob Frege (1848-1925)

Alistair MacFarlane laments the profound disappointment of a master of logic.
[Issue 116: October/November 2016: Brief Lives]

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

Alistair MacFarlane reviews the phenomenal life of a wilful mind.
[Issue 114: June/July 2016: Brief Lives]

Alfred Tarski (1901-1983)

Alistair MacFarlane thinks through the life of a godfather of logic.
[Issue 111: December 2015 / January 2016: Brief Lives]

Nelson Goodman (1906-1998)

Alistair MacFarlane contemplates a philosopher who spoke the languages of art.
[Issue 109: August/September 2015: Brief Lives]

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