Themed Articles

The Evolution of Evolutionary Theory

Massimo Pigliucci recounts the history of the theories of evolution, and asks whether evolutionary biology has ever shifted paradigms.
[Issue 71: January/February 2009]

The Better-Best Fallacy

Toni Vogel Carey argues that perfection is over-rated.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

Plato’s Republic: A Utopia For The Individual

Alfred Geier says it’s not about the state of the state.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

Thoreau’s ‘Paradise To Be Regained’

James Moran considers the archetypal American antedeluvian’s criticism of someone else’s technological paradise.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

An Epicurean Ideal

David Suits fearlessly pursues a materialistic life of simple pleasures.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

Visions of a Perfect World

Debra Trione encourages American leaders to make their visions of utopia real.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

John Humphrey Noyes: Philosopher of Bible Communism

David White contemplates a life of sex and sermons.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

The Second Sex

Sally Scholz traces the major currents of Simone de Beauvoir’s main work.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008]

A Question of Vengeance

Pauline O’Flynn explores de Beauvoir’s argument that punishment is necessary to demonstrate that the degradation of humanity can never be ignored.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008]

The Ethics of Ambiguity

Charlotte Moore freely subjects de Beauvoir’s ethics to a discerning scrutiny.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008]

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