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hers'Magazine Issue Two II Spring 1998 Contents NEWS AND REPORTS 6 NEWS Tributes to Isaiah Berlin; Supermarket ethics; Counsellors in crisis, and more. 8 MEDIA WATCH A selection of clippings about philosophy from newspapers and magazines, including, "Is French Philosophy Nonsense?" Open Debate, pi8 ESSAYS Philosophy Football, pi6 FEATURES 14 UNLIKELY PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY FOOTBALL Simon Walter The first of a new series revealing philosophical ideas in disguise. 16 UNDERRATED, OVERLOOKED: CASUISTRY Peter Holmes A much-maligned discipline that deserves a second look? 10 LE CAFE PHILOSOPHIQUE EST ARRIVE Joseph Chandler Coffee and chat in south London, but is it philosophy? 12 THE SKEPTIC'S CHAMPION Julian Baggini An interview with the editor of the on-line Skeptics Dictionary and Guide to the New Millenium .. OPEN DEBATE 18 THE MORAL IMPERATIVE TO REBEL AGAINST GOD Peter Fosl Philosophy meets Dostoevsky as Dr Fosl considers how the existence of evil affects our attitude towards God. Dr Fosl will respond to the best of your objections. Full details at the end of his essay.
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Contents/S CONFERENCE BRIEFING 25 PLATO AND ARISTOTLE ON HUMAN HAPPINESS Jeff Mason and Claude Pearson We present highlights from a recent conference, which provided an exhilarating tour around the thought of two of the fathers of modem western philosophy. PRIMERS Short articles that set out the basics on philosophy and philosophers. 30 SNAPSHOTS THOMAS KUHN Frank Pajares JOHN STUART MILL Peter Holmes 32 CHANCE OR DESIGN? Roy Ahmed-Jackson A new series examining classic problems in the philosophy of religion kicks off with a look at the teleological argument. fORUM REGULAR.S 34 CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED? Six articles looking at philosophical questions surrounding consciousness, from a wide variety of perspecitves. Includes: INTERVIEW: NED BLOCK Neil Manson ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE lain MacNaughton A PANPSYCHIST'S VIEW Timothy Sprigge LOGIC & CONSCIOUSNESS Jaroslav Peregrin RYLE REVISITED Guy Douglas & Stewart Saunders THE NEXT STAGE Naomi Eilan 61 PHILOSOPHY@1HElNIERNEf Jeremy Stangroom A look at probably the best resource on the net. 62 Q&A Includes "Is there a link between philosophy and depression?" 63 PARADOXES Francis Moorcroft Russell'sParadox 64 FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE Your letters. 66 THE SKEPTIC Wendy Grossman The founder of The Skeptic magazine'sregular column. Socrates The Philosophers' Magazine/Spring 1998

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Contents/S

CONFERENCE BRIEFING

25 PLATO AND ARISTOTLE ON HUMAN HAPPINESS Jeff Mason and Claude Pearson We present highlights from a recent conference, which provided an exhilarating tour around the thought of two of the fathers of modem western philosophy.

PRIMERS Short articles that set out the basics on philosophy and philosophers.

30 SNAPSHOTS THOMAS KUHN Frank Pajares JOHN STUART MILL Peter Holmes

32 CHANCE OR DESIGN? Roy Ahmed-Jackson A new series examining classic problems in the philosophy of religion kicks off with a look at the teleological argument.

fORUM

REGULAR.S

34 CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED?

Six articles looking at philosophical questions surrounding consciousness, from a wide variety of perspecitves. Includes:

INTERVIEW: NED BLOCK Neil Manson ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE lain MacNaughton A PANPSYCHIST'S VIEW Timothy Sprigge LOGIC & CONSCIOUSNESS Jaroslav Peregrin RYLE REVISITED Guy Douglas & Stewart Saunders THE NEXT STAGE Naomi Eilan

61 PHILOSOPHY@1HElNIERNEf Jeremy Stangroom A look at probably the best resource on the net.

62 Q&A Includes "Is there a link between philosophy and depression?"

63 PARADOXES Francis Moorcroft Russell'sParadox

64 FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE Your letters.

66 THE SKEPTIC Wendy Grossman The founder of The Skeptic magazine'sregular column.

Socrates

The Philosophers' Magazine/Spring 1998

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