General Articles

The Simulated Universe

Brent Silby asks, is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

On Roderick Chisholm

Matthew Davidson briefly defines an important analytical thinker.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

Predestination and the Wagers of Sin

Robert Howell suggests a surprising reason for piety.
[Issue 74: July/August 2009]

The Golden Rule: Not So Golden Anymore

Stephen Anderson analyses as he would be analysed.
[Issue 74: July/August 2009]

The Question of the Meaning of Life: Answerable or Unanswerable?

Jeffrey Gordon wonders what it would mean to have meaning.
[Issue 73: May/June 2009]

Hitting Bedrock, Practicing Ethics

The birth of his son forces Miguel Martinez-Saenz to find out if being philosophical helps when it really matters.
[Issue 73: May/June 2009]

What Would Make The Best Society?

The following answers to this central philosophical question each win a random book.
[Issue 73: May/June 2009]

The Dragon: Memes, Culture and Evolution

In a follow-up to last issue’s focus on Darwin, we have two articles looking at memes, supposed ‘units of cultural transmission’. First, Daria Sugorakova explores the concept of memes by pondering how the idea of dragons evolved.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009]

Beware of Truth!

Peter Benson tries to clear Jacques Derrida’s unjustly infamous name, and shows how memes spread in modern academia.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009]

Hemingway and the Hero

L.A. Rowland campaigns to instate Ernest Hemingway as a philosopher-hero.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009]

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