Issues
Issue 130: February/March 2019
EDITORIAL
You and Your Mind
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
News: February/March 2019
Brain to Brain networking demonstrated • Saudi Arabia to lift philosophy teaching ban • Philosophy Now Against Stupidity Award — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
MIND & SELF
Defending Free Will & The Self
Frank S. Robinson ‘chooses’ to remind ‘us’ of problems some contemporary philosophers have with these central human concepts.
The Sum of My Parts
Brett Wilson explores personal identity with John Locke and a dodgy 3D printer.
Francis Crick’s Deliberately Provocative Reductionism
Paul Austin Murphy repudiates a blasé reduction of mind to matter by one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA.
The Free Will Pill
Taylor A. Dunn asks, if free will were a drug, should you take it?
Thought, Consciousness, Brains and Machines
Adrian Brockless on the proper way to use the words ‘thought’ and ‘consciousness’.
Humanity, Metaphor & the Recursive Mind
Brian King wonders what there is about human minds that’s unique to us.
ARTICLES
Teaching Ethics: What’s The Harm?
Patrick Stokes discusses some of the ethical problems arising in teaching ethics.
Can an ‘Ought’ be Derived from an ‘Is’?
Philippa Foot says it’s super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Ethics of the Future
Alexander Joy on the importance of not hurting future people.
Søren Kierkegaard On the Perils of Procrastination
Gordon Marino can’t wait to tell you about moral self-deception.
The Decline & Rebirth of Philosophy
Daniel Kaufman sees philosophy ailing as a guide for Western culture, and considers how it might be revived.
Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
Martin Jenkins traces the life of a self-made woman.
Toughing it Out
Anushka Bhaskar (18) and Anchal Bhaskar (16) take Resilience 101.
LETTERS
Letters
Techno(non)immortalization • The Abyss ‘Twixt Mythos & Logos • Abortion and Blind Spots • On Rorty • Freedom For Capitalists! • Hegel Goes West • Freedom From Hegel! • Freedom From Freedom! • The Truth About Post-Truth • Happiness and Responsibility!
COLUMNS
Roger Bacon (c.1214 - c.1292)
by Terence Green
Divided Opinions
Peter Adamson looks at how we carve up philosophies.
Hounded in Holland
Seán Moran considers canine companions.
Homo Faber
Raymond Tallis makes much out of human tool use.
REVIEWS
War: An Enquiry by A.C. Grayling
Chad Trainer muses on A.C. Grayling’s modern perspective on war.
In Defence of War by Nigel Biggar
David McKay looks at arguments about when war might be justified.
Saving Beauty by Byung-Chul Han
Lillian Wilde asks: is it beauty that needs saving, or is it us?
Call the Midwife
Ellen Miller considers birth, wonder, and care as philosophical frameworks.
CARTOONS
Jon Carter’s Cartoon
by Jon Carter
Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
FICTION
Being-With-Significant-Others
Sebastian Richardson eavesdrops on Martin Heidegger’s relationship counselling.
Selves Into Self
by Stuart Greenstreet