Issues
Issue 17: Spring 1997
EDITORIAL
The Beauty of Numbers
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
News: Spring 1997
ARTICLES
Art: the Demolition Derby
Colin Radford considers the wonderful world of modern art.
Beauty & Science
Marilyn Kane wonders what scientists mean when they say nature is beautiful.
Discovering the Truth within falsehood
Colin M. Harper on the non-reductive atheism of Ludwig Feuerbach.
Does Abstinence Make the Heart Grow Fonder?
Bob Sharpe doubts it. A reply to Thomas D’Andrea.
Is Grief Self-Regarding?
Christiane Pohl considers grief from a philosophical perspective.
Philosophy on the Internet
Pythagoras & The Numbers Game
Richard Lewis on Pythagoras of Samos.
Thanks for the Memories
Trevor Emmott explains why ‘acts of will’ may exist after all.
The Launch of Nocturnal Records
Mark Daniels ponders a novel experience – his first ever rave.
The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Philosophy
Richard Mason finds a saint to help a scientist.
LETTERS
Letters to the Editor
Science and Ideology • No sexism here! • God and the Philosophers • Irritated Subscriber
REVIEWS
Discontented Democrat
Michael Gough reviews Democracy’s Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy by Michael J. Sandel.
Driving to California
Bob Sharpe reviews an unconventional book of essays by Colin Radford.
FICTION
Voluntary Sex
Peter Cave stumbles on some slippery slope arguments.