THE LOWDOWN
95 Pop culture How to interpret Inception
100 Snapshot: Michel de Montaigne Ann Hartle considers the accidental philosopher
REVIEW
102 New books, etc Ethics, Buddhism, and a very, very bad musical
115 Author Q & A Stephen Gardiner on climate change
117 Imagine that Saying how you hear what you hear
119 Review of reviews What the critics say about Parfit and Pinker
LAST WORD
121 My philosophy How postmodern are you?
127 The Skeptic Awaiting the machine revolution
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