Back Issues
Issue 17
Spring 1997
EDITORIAL
The Beauty of Numbers
by Rick Lewis
ARTICLES
Thanks for the Memories
Trevor Emmott explains why 'acts of will' may exist after all.
Pythagoras & The Numbers Game
Richard Lewis on Pythagoras of Samos.
Art: the Demolition Derby
Colin Radford considers the wonderful world of modern art.
Beauty & Science
Marilyn Kane wonders what scientists mean when they say nature is beautiful.
The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Philosophy
Richard Mason finds a saint to help a scientist.
Is Grief Self-Regarding?
Christiane Pohl considers grief from a philosophical perspective.
Discovering the Truth within Falsehood
Colin M. Harper on the non-reductive atheism of Ludwig Feuerbach.
Does Abstinence Make the Heart Grow Fonder?
Bob Sharpe doubts it. A reply to Thomas D'Andrea.
LETTERS
Opinions on Science and Ideology, God and the Philosophers, and more...
NEWS
Lyceum Found!, Philo Cafés spread, Vive La France, First legal assisted suicide
BOOK REVIEWS
Driving to California
Bob Sharpe reviews an unconventional book of essays by Colin Radford.
Discontented Democrat
Michael Gough reviews Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy by Michael J. Sandel.
ORGY REVIEWS
The Launch of Nocturnal Records
Mark Daniels ponders a novel experience - his first ever rave.
HUMOUR
Voluntary Sex
Peter Cave stumbles on some slippery slope arguments.