Back Issues
Issue 19
Winter 1997/98
EDITORIAL
Does Philosophy Cause Nihilism?
by Rick Lewis
ARTICLES
Socrates Revisited: The Jurors Speak
Steven Goldberg reveals the musings of those who condemned Socrates to drink his Hemlock.
Symbolism, Meaning & Nihilism in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction
Mark Conard reveals the metaphysical truths lurking under the rug in Tarantino's cult classic.
Pleasure Now
Dane Gordon on a forgotten philosopher who practiced what he preached.
Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me A Mercedes-Benz?
Martin Tyrrell on lotteries, religion and Pascal's Wager.
What is the Philosophy of Mathematics?
Stephen Ferguson asks whether mathematical objects are real.
Resolving Hempel's Raven Paradox
Fred Leavitt reveals how the whiteness of swans proves the blackness of ravens.
LETTERS
Opinions on Death & Detachment, the Mysterious East, Things that Think, and more...
NEWS
Philosophy Cafés arrive in UK, Philosophy Now Philosophy Café?, Philosophical counselling in New York, the ayatollahs and the philosopher, Genetic engineers in zombie scare, Ethics for businessmen
BOOK REVIEWS
The Moral Case Against Religious Belief
Marilyn Kane reviews The Moral Case Against Religious Belief by R. A. Sharpe.
Confessions of a Philosopher
Ralph Blumenau reviews Bryan Magee's philosophical autobiography.
In the Shadow of Hegel
Colin Harper reviews Adorno's essays on the Master.
OBITUARY
Isaiah Berlin
SHORT STORY
The Day of the Bluebottle
Kevin Brooks confesses to insecticide.