Issues
Issue 22: Winter 1998/99
EDITORIAL
Hippocrates & Co.
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
News: Winter 1998/99
Human rights • Pope’s verdict on philosophy • Genes and things • Sophie’s musical • Philosopher canonised • Thought sport
ARTICLES
Cleaning out the Chinese Room
Could computers have minds? Julian Moore criticises John Searle’s famous thought experiment.
Facts & Questions
Joseph Sen on the uniqueness of philosophy.
Hobbes, Stirner & Authority
More than three centuries after the death of Thomas Hobbes, the issue of state power versus individual rights remains as contentious as ever. Paul Rowlandson on the case for strong government.
Off-The-Peg Offspring in the Genetic Supermarket
Colin Gavaghan asks how seriously we should take Gattaca’s dread of genetic screening.
Oh Come All Ye Thoughtful…
Anja Steinbauer reporting from the 20th World Congress of Philosophy in Boston.
Philosophy For All
Anja Steinbauer on an ambitious new attempt to do philosophy in public.
Teaching Validity with a Stanley Thermos
Andrew Chrucky on logical arguments which hold water. And coffee.
What’s New in…. Medical Ethics
Mark Daniels describes the debates, the dilemmas and the philosophers who wrestle with them.
INTERVIEWS
Going Global
Robert Neville, Dean of the School of Theology at Boston University, was co-organiser of the World Congress. Anja Steinbauer interviewed him about his hopes, fears and crazy dreams for philosophy.
Medicine, Politics & Atrocities
Jonathan Glover is one of the leading figures in medical ethics, but he is also interested in political philosophy. Paul Sheehy interviewed him recently at King’s College London.
Minds & Machines
How does the brain work? One of the world’s leading figures in philosophy of mind is Daniel Dennett, who describes himself as a cognitive scientist, and who is deeply interested in the development of artificial intelligence. Tim Madigan recently interviewed him for Philosophy Now.
LETTERS
Letters
Women & Philosophy • Hume’s Castle • God and Monkeys • Early Christians • Humanity and Nature • Value of Life • Inner Peace
COLUMNS
Peg’s Piece
Philosophy Now’s fearless columnist Peg Tittle speaks out on human cloning and the scandal of unregulated reproduction.
REVIEWS
But Is It Science? ed. by Michael Ruse and Science and the Retreat from Reason by Gillott & Kumar
Jerry Goodenough expounds on science and the millenium.
From Wodehouse to Wittgenstein by Anthony Quinton
Antony Flew marks a set of essays by Anthony Quinton.
Hunting Down the Universe by Michael Hawkins
Robert Taylor describes astronomer Michael Hawkins and his quest for dark matter.
FICTION
Collected Moments
A short story by Stephen Loveless.