Themed Articles

Darwin’s Rottweiler & the Public Understanding of Science

Peter Williams claims that Richard Dawkins is a good writer but a poor logician, and attempts to prove it with examples of some formal fallacies.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

Shock the Monkey

Confessions of a Rational Animal Liberationist by Jeremy Yunt.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

Peirce and Sartre on Consciousness and the Ego

David Boersema describes how two very different thinkers were on the trail of similar ideas about the nature of consciousness.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

Dewey and the Democratic Way of Life

Kevin S. Decker on John Dewey’s unique political contribution.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

Charles Sanders Peirce: The Architect of Pragmatism

Cornelis de Waal on the man and his ideas.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

Art & Science Reconciled

Nikolaos Gkogkas on the aesthetics of Nelson Goodman.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

Richard Rorty’s Pragmatic Patriotism

Carol Nicholson on the need for a different kind of national pride.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

An Introduction to Classic American Pragmatism

Raymond Pfeiffer, who edited this issue, takes a look at the scope of the Pragmatic tradition.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

Philosophy & Divination

Trevor Curnow compares the reliability of oracles ancient and modern.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003]

Astral Projection and Out of Body Experiences

Joe Fearn asks whether the idea of out of body experiences is intelligible.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003]

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