Author: "Les Reid"

Return To Infinity!

Les Reid wonders whether the universe might turn out to be infinite after all.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020: Articles]

The Philosophy of Creativity edited by Elliot Paul and Scott Barry Kaufman

Les Reid has a creative response to a book on the philosophy of creativity.
[Issue 120: June/July 2017: Books]

A Metaphysics For Freedom by Helen Steward

We exercise free will this issue as Les Reid defends A Metaphysics For Freedom.
[Issue 105: November/December 2014: Books]

The Bible by Various

Our reviewer Les Reid finds The Holy Bible to be wholly unreliable.
[Issue 99: November/December 2013: Books]

The Things We Do and Why We Do Them by Constantine Sandis

Constantine Sandis’s critiques of our actions are under scrutiny by Les Reid.
[Issue 98: September/October 2013: Books]

The Philosophy of Film Noir

Les Reid sees through a lens darkly with Mark Conard.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008: Books]

The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism

Les Reid on a companion to Postmodernism which, rather unpostmodernly, gives a clear account of the historical facts of its subject matter.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Books]

The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

Les Reid on sex, freedom and literature.
[Issue 39: December 2002 / January 2003: Articles]

On Having One Too Many

Les Reid on the insights the demon drink can provide into the philosophy of mind.
[Issue 32: June/July 2001: Articles]

Truth and Progress by Richard Rorty

Is truth about the way the world is, or is it about what is convenient for society? Les Reid takes a look at a modern pragmatist and asks: Who’s Afraid of Richard Rorty?
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001: Books]