Themed Articles

Richard Feynman: Accidental Philosopher

Stephen Doty says the scientist was a philosopher, whether he liked it or not.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007]

No Consolation For Kalashnikov

John Forge considers the moral dilemma of the weapons designer.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007]

Philosophy, Science, And Everything In Between

Massimo Pigliucci at the 2006 Philosophy of Science meeting in Vancouver.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007]

The Structure of Musical Revolutions

Edward Slowik investigates Kuhn’s philosophy of science through an analogy.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007]

Don’t Panic! It’s the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Mathias Brochhausen envisages Wittgenstein Hitchhiking around the Galaxy.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

Tractatus 7.1: Translation and Silence

Peter Caws considers how much is lost in translation.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

The Private Language Argument

Richard Floyd explains a notorious example of Wittgenstein’s public thought.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

Mark Jago looks at Wittgenstein’s first theory of language, in the Tractatus. One of the conclusions of this theory is that the theory in the Tractatus is nonsense…
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

Wittgenstein: A Wonderful Life

Tim Madigan on logic, language and mysticism in the life of one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

The Wittgenstein Archive

Bob Plant and Peter Baumann relate some lesser-known anecdotes about the great man and his acolytes.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006]

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