General Articles: Articles

The Notebook

Katherine Power explores the advantage of having an extended mind.
[Issue 55: May/June 2006]

Bad News for Fibophiles

Miriam Abbott says the Fibonacci series tells us nothing about the natural world.
[Issue 54: February/March 2006]

Ethics in Government

Richard Baron tries to be good in government.
[Issue 54: February/March 2006]

How To Be Conscious: Mind & Matter Revisited

What exactly is consciousness? Roger Caldwell looks at the current ideas of three leading figures in philosophy of mind, as revealed in their latest books.
[Issue 54: February/March 2006]

Hobbes on Good and Evil

Craig Ross on how a philosopher with few illusions made a mistake.
[Issue 54: February/March 2006]

The Ontological Argument and the Sin of Hubris

Toni Vogel Carey’s answer to the most argued-over argument for the existence of God.
[Issue 53: November/December 2005]

The Machiavelli Inquiry

Casimir Kukielka asks: What might some of history’s most famous practitioners of power politics have thought about the war in Iraq?
[Issue 53: November/December 2005]

Is Skepticism Ridiculous?

Michael Philips asks whether anyone can really believe skeptical arguments.
[Issue 53: November/December 2005]

Socratic Humility

Glenn Rawson on humility versus arrogance in the Socratic method of philosophy.
[Issue 53: November/December 2005]

How To Be Much Cleverer Than All Your Friends (so they really hate you)

Part II: Being a Superbeing. Study Bayes, says Mike Alder. Cont. from Issue 51.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

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