Themed Articles

Why Spinoza?

Richard Mason on a thinker who stood at the intersection of many histories and traditions.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002]

The Meaning of Life

Daniel Hill argues that without God, life would be meaningless.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002]

Pluralism: The Many Maps Model

Mary Midgley says that branches of knowledge are like maps – each answers a different set of questions so they can’t necessarily all be ‘reduced’ to physics.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002]

The Blasphemy of Saint Augustine

James Hale argues that the Holy Spirit is feminine and that the Trinity is a mirror of the nuclear human family.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002]

Cutting God in Half

Nicholas Maxwell on the urgent need to dissect the Deity.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002]

Taming the Skeptical Dragon

Toni Vogel Carey on a misunderstanding between her Aunt Polly and René Descartes.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002]

Ethics & Interplanetary Exploration

Dan McArthur wonders how we should treat the locals…
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

Body Snatchers!: The Invasion of Philosophy

David Suits on the philosophical lessons of a cult classic.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

Mary Shelley’s Daughters

Susan Hollis on women science fiction writers as social commentators.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

Life As Simulacrum: Stanislaw Lem’s Sci-Fi

Leszek Koczanowicz on a writer whose novels explore the search for meaning within simulated realities.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

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