Tag: "philosophy of science"

What is Philosophy of Science Good For?

The first of occasional columns on science and philosophy by Massimo Pigliucci.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Science]

Shock the Monkey

Confessions of a Rational Animal Liberationist by Jeremy Yunt.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: The Issues]

Art & Science Reconciled

Nikolaos Gkogkas on the aesthetics of Nelson Goodman.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: American Pragmatism]

The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism

Les Reid on a companion to Postmodernism which, rather unpostmodernly, gives a clear account of the historical facts of its subject matter.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Books]

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 43: October/November 2003: Dear Socrates]

Irrefutable Ethics

Richard Taylor on the intractable beliefs people hold about how we should behave.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Articles]

Designing Androids

Antoni Diller says that robots must be taught how to learn.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003: Articles]

Designer Babies: Where Should We Draw the Line?

Michael Williams gazes inwards and agonizes about the prospects of a proper public debate on such matters as genetic engineering.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003: Books]

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by David Lamb

Edward Ingram gazes heavenwards and tells us about the Search for Little Green Men.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003: Books]

Life After Death

Reincarnation? Disembodied survival? Resurection? Steve Stewart-Williams ponders the possible ways in which he could survive his own death, and decides that he doesn’t have a ghost of a chance.
[Issue 39: December 2002 / January 2003: Articles]

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