General Articles

Chance & Human Error in Spinoza and Lucretius

Melissa Shew chances to wonder about the influence of doubt and human error in our lives.
[Issue 68: July/August 2008]

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Philosopher

Fiona Dalzell finds it hard being a philosophical vet.
[Issue 67: May/June 2008]

The Problem With Zombies

Rebecca Hanrahan says that just because you can imagine zombies doesn’t mean they’re possible, or that they can tell us anything about consciousness.
[Issue 67: May/June 2008]

The Wood That Finds Itself A Violin

Yahia Lababidi contemplates the implacable calling to produce great works.
[Issue 67: May/June 2008]

The following readers’ answers to this central philosophical question each win a random book. The harvest was abundant, unsurprisingly; just sorry we couldn’t fit you all in. The votes were, loosely, Yes: 52%, No: 31%, and Don’t Know: 17%. So we’ll start with a ‘Yes’.
[Issue 67: May/June 2008]

In Defense Of Dueling

Ryan Ruby intellectually attacks, feints and parries in favour of legally reinstating the duel as a means of settling personal disputes.
[Issue 67: May/June 2008]

Did Duchamp’s Urinal Flush Away Art?

Roy Turner scorns the fact that after Duchamp, critics have questioned the status of ‘traditional’ Western art, making the act of designation the sole determinant of art.
[Issue 67: May/June 2008]

Remembering Peter Hare (1935-2008)

John Corcoran, Alexander Razin and Tim Madigan pay tribute to their friend.
[Issue 66: March/April 2008]

Thracymacus Buys A House

Plato’s astounding legendary lost dialogue is translated with an introductory note by Mark Cyzyk, Master of the College of Antiquities at the University of Vlastos.
[Issue 66: March/April 2008]

Absurdity, God and the sad chimps we are

James DuBois wonders whether meaning can be found in the face of the apparent absurdity of life.
[Issue 66: March/April 2008]

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