Tag: "philosophers & philosophy"

Corporate Crises Revisited

Alan Malachowski on readers’ responses to his recent article about philosophical mistakes that lead to boardroom disasters.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003: Feedback]

Apologia Pro Pugilatione

Gordon Marino claims that great virtues can be learned in the ring.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003: Philosophy and Sport]

Forever Now

by Joel Marks
[Issue 41: May/June 2003: Moral Moments]

Having returned from the turn of the Fourth Century B.C. to the turn of the Twenty-First A.D., Socrates has eagerly signed on as a Philosophy Now columnist so that he may continue to carry out his divinely-inspired dialogic mission.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003: Dear Socrates]

Double Edge

by Richard Taylor
[Issue 40: March/April 2003: Short Story]

Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Rochester and an internationally renowned ethicist. Tim Madigan tracked him down to discuss Schopenhauer, metaphysics and the intriguing art of beekeeping.
[Issue 40: March/April 2003: Interview]

Memoir of a Jolly Junket in Search of Bishop Butler

Joseph Butler was an 18th century clergyman who left an indelible mark on moral philosophy but isn’t as widely remembered today as he deserves. David White scoured England and Ireland for traces of the man they called The Bishop.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: Articles]

Skeptics & Terraformers

by Rick Lewis
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: Editorial]

A Late Disciple of Lucretius

Colin Bennett on the eternally surprising Charles Fort.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002: The Impact of Science]

Rehabilitating the Ad Hominem Argument

Should Bertrand Russell’s ‘skirt chasing’ be taken into account when thinking about his moral theories? Stephen Anderson argues that it might, in this reply to Tim Madigan’s criticism of ad hominem arguments.
[Issue 37: August/September 2002: Articles]

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