Back Issues
Issue 21
Summer/Autumn 1998
EDITORIAL
In Bad Taste
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
London debates, the Pope pronounces, New York certifies, the £2000 Encyclopaedia, Lyotard Dies, Hoerster Gagged, Philosophy For All
INTERVIEW
Much Ado About Consciousness
Philosophy of Mind is a very exciting area in modern philosophy. One of those stirring up the dust is David Chalmers, an Australian philosopher who says that consciousness is a fundamental component of the universe, like space, time and mass. Andrew Chrucky asked the questions.
ARTICLES
Drinks & Thinks
More news from the philosophy cafés and pubs, compiled by Bryn Williams.
The Philosopher as Lover
Continuing our series of personal interpretations of philosophy, Peter Rickman extols the passionate philosopher.
The discarded Lemon: Kant, prostitution and respect for persons
Timothy J. Madigan thinks Kant's duty-based ethics could approve of prostitution.
What is natural about Natural Rights?
Do Natural Rights exist? Michael Birshan investigates one of the more persistent political assertions of the modern world in this prize-winning essay.
Virtue ethics and the New Testament
Which matter most: virtues or duties? Bob Harrison thinks the early Christians had the answer.
Ockham, Hume & Epistemic Wisdom
William Grey launches an all-out attack on the paranormal armed with a couple of razors honed with the whetstone of scepticism.
OVERVIEW
What's New in Philosophy of Religion
Daniel Hill describes how the work of Alvin Plantinga has revolutionised Philosophy of Religion.
LETTERS
Opinions of Philosophical Counselling, Freewill & Predestination, Relativism, and more...
BOOKS
Peter Benson considers the politics of Michel Foucault and Dan Hutto ponders what Ludwig Wittgenstein said about the inner life while Jane O'Grady describes the musical mysticism of Roger Scruton.
POETRY
Circa Maia, of Uruguay, is one of the leading literary figures in contemporary Latin America. She is also a teacher of philosophy. These poems were translated by Brian Cole with the support of the author.
SHORT STORY
John Scotus
A short story about a philosopher during the dark ages by Joanna Motyl.
COLUMN
Peg's Piece: Dead Air
Philosophy Now's own columnist Peg Tittle asks why we are all so afraid of silence.