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Issue 6 • st quarter Contents ACTIONS & EVENTS FORUM 4 From the editor 6 NewsEvilutilitarians 9 Obituaries 11 MediawatchPhilosophyandphilosophers in the mass media 12 ThreadsNaturalismas dogma 14 Feature: Philosophy in schools Julian Baggini on why kids actually can be reasoned with 18 Word of Mouse Faster than light? 59 Getting to know Wittgenstein Ray Monk catches his tone 66 Messy lives Revel in the details, says Sarah Bakewell 70 The time of our lives David Edmonds shows how context matters 75 Know thyself James Miller explores the long history of philosophical biography 81 The emotions behind the ideas Nigel Rodgers and Mel Thompson on hidden motivations 87 Damage control Do philosophers meet their own standards, asks Annette C Baier THOUGHTS 90 Dying a philosophical death Simon Critchley faces the final curtain 20 The Interview Elliott Sober’s take on atheism and evolution 28 Sci-PhiMonkeyminds 31 TPM Essay Ernie Lepore and Matthew Stone on metaphor 42 What is a shadow? Roy Sorensen’s dark materials 47 Letter from … Hans-Johann Glock in Zurich 51 Sensing God’s presence Stephen Law against psychics and theists tpm 1ST QUARTER 2012
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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 The Philosophers’ Magazine, Unit S , Kelham House, Lancaster Street, Sheffield S AF Tel: /Fax: editor@philosophersmag.com www.thephilosophersmagazine.com Editor James Garvey Editor-in-chief Julian Baggini Reviews editor Jean Kazez Obituaries Adam Ferner News Carl A Fox, Jane Clare Jones, James O’Connor, Simon Riches, and George Rowe Editorial Advisory Board Miranda Fricker, Simon Glendinning, Daniel D Hutto, Susan James, David Papineau, Nina Power, Anthony Price, Jonathan Rée, Richard Schoch, Barry C Smith, Jonathan Wolff Illustrations/Graphics Felix Bennett, Adam Ferner, Esther McManus, Gareth Southwell Contributors Sarah Bakewell, Annette C Baier, Ophelia Benson, Russell Blackford, Elizabeth Cripps, Simon Critchley, David Edmonds, Adam Ferner, Luciano Floridi, Julia Galef, Stephen Gardiner, Hans-Johann Glock, Wendy M Grossman, Ann Hartle, Mathew Iredale, Jean Kazez, Stephen Law, Ernie Lepore, Antonia Macaro, James Miller, Ray Monk, Duncan Richter, Nigel Rodgers, Mark Siderits, Roy Sorensen, Jason Southworth, Matthew Stone, and Mel Thompson UK distribution Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, London E9 5LN Tel: 020 8985 4854 North America distribution Source Interlink, 27500 Riverview Center Blvd., Bonita Springs, Florida 34134 Tel: (239) 949-4450 Printed by CPI Group Subscriptions +44 (0) 114 272 5957 See page 5 for full details Abstracting and Indexing Indexed by Philosopher’s Research Index (Philosophy Documentation Center) © 2012 Acumen Publishing Ltd and contributors ISSN 1354-814X (print) ISSN 2048-4674 (online) All views expressed in TPM represent those of the authors of each article and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors or publisher. Cover Original artwork by Felix Bennett 1ST QUARTER 2012 tpm 1ST QUARTER 2012 tpm

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Issue 6 • st quarter

Contents

ACTIONS & EVENTS

FORUM

4 From the editor 6 NewsEvilutilitarians

9 Obituaries 11 MediawatchPhilosophyandphilosophers in the mass media

12 ThreadsNaturalismas dogma

14 Feature: Philosophy in schools Julian Baggini on why kids actually can be reasoned with

18 Word of Mouse Faster than light?

59 Getting to know Wittgenstein Ray Monk catches his tone

66 Messy lives Revel in the details, says Sarah Bakewell

70 The time of our lives David Edmonds shows how context matters

75 Know thyself James Miller explores the long history of philosophical biography

81 The emotions behind the ideas Nigel Rodgers and Mel Thompson on hidden motivations

87 Damage control Do philosophers meet their own standards, asks

Annette C Baier

THOUGHTS

90 Dying a philosophical death Simon Critchley faces the final curtain

20 The Interview Elliott Sober’s take on atheism and evolution

28 Sci-PhiMonkeyminds

31 TPM Essay Ernie Lepore and Matthew Stone on metaphor

42 What is a shadow? Roy Sorensen’s dark materials

47 Letter from … Hans-Johann Glock in Zurich

51 Sensing God’s presence Stephen Law against psychics and theists tpm 1ST QUARTER 2012

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