Tag: "philosophers & philosophy"

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]

Alice in Blunderland

Peter Rickman travels through the looking glass in search of some of philosophy’s pitfalls.
[Issue 37: August/September 2002: Fiction]

Jennifer Hornsby

Jennifer Hornsby is a philosopher based at London’s Birkbeck College, whose interests range from feminism to philosophy of mind. Giancarlo Marchetti talked with her recently at a conference in Italy.
[Issue 36: June/July 2002: Interview]

What Can You Do With Philosophy, Anyway?

Jeremiah Conway says that philosophy is profoundly useless but incredibly worthwhile.
[Issue 36: June/July 2002: Articles]

Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002)

by Anja Steinbauer
[Issue 36: June/July 2002: Obituary]

Robert Nozick (1938-2002)

by Anja Steinbauer
[Issue 35: March/April 2002: Obituary]

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