General Articles: Articles

Bertrand Russell on Religion, with Buddhist Commentaries

Albert Shansky believes many of Russell’s opinions on religion are surprisingly in tune with those of the Buddhists.
[Issue 26: April/May 2000]

Western Philosophy on the Defensive

Thomas Metzger suggests that contemporary Chinese philosophy, despite its weaknesses, challenges the foundations of modern, Western analytical philosophy.
[Issue 26: April/May 2000]

C.S. Lewis, God and the Problem of Evil

C.S. Lewis, author of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, was a tireless academic defender of Christianity. Antony Flew examines his views on free will and evil.
[Issue 26: April/May 2000]

The Origins of Don Giovanni

If our genes are selfish, does that mean that we are too? Mary Midgley explains the facts of life.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]

Humans and Dumb Animals

Jane Forsey asks, what makes us so special?
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]

Christian Ethics: An Ambiguous Legacy

Terri Murray tells the story of how St. Paul hijacked a religion.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]

Detecting Androids

Antoni Diller isn’t one. And he can prove it.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]

Vagueness: an introduction (sort of)

Fred Ablondi tells you Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Vagueness. But not quite.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]

Søren Kierkegaard

Jeff Mason on Kierkegaard’s three forms of life: the ethical, the aesthetic and the religious.
[Issue 24: Summer 1999]

The Epicurean Option

Dane Gordon on the friends of Epicurus.
[Issue 24: Summer 1999]

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