General Articles: Articles

Philosophy & Disability: an overview

Anita Silvers describes a booming area of philosophical enquiry and explains how considering the perspectives of the disabled can help philosophy in general.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

The Mark of Zombie

These days philosophers of mind talk a lot about zombies, to illustrate ideas about the nature of consciousness. Edward Ingram thinks they are all crazy.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

The Many Worlds of David Deutsch

Why do some physicists now believe that there are many parallel universes very like our own? And if there are, how will this help us build faster computers?
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

Might You Not Have Been You?

J.J.C. Smart on cricket and counterfactuals.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

You Won’t Know the Difference So You Can’t Make the Choice

says Robin Beck
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

The Sound of Action

In the latest in our series of personal views of philosophy, Lisa Kemmerer describes how thinking changes lives…
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

Neo’s Choice: Truth versus Happiness in Fear and Trembling

by Joel McCrum
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

Leibniz and the Leaves: Beyond Identity

Angels, humans, the leaves on a tree; is each one unique or just an example of its kind? Peter Pesic explains why Leibniz thought even leaves are individuals.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

Necessary Illusions

Roger Caldwell on nature’s little white lies.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

The Yuck Factor

Charles Fethe on the Wisdom of Repugnance.
[Issue 29: October/November 2000]

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