Back Issues
Issue 22
Winter 1998/99
EDITORIAL
Hippocrates & Co.
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
WORLD CONGRESS
Oh Come All Ye Thoughtful...
Anja Steinbauer reporting from the 20th World Congress of Philosophy in Boston.
Going Global
Robert Neville Dean of the School of Theology at Boston University, was co-organiser of the World Congress. Anja Steinbauer interviewed him about his hopes, fears and crazy dreams for philosophy.
INTERVIEWS
Medicine, Politics & Atrocities
Jonathan Glover is one of the leading figures in medical ethics, but he is also interested in political philosophy. Paul Sheehy interviewed him recently at King's College London.
Minds & Machines
How does the brain work? One of the world's leading figures in philosophy of mind is Daniel Dennett, who describes himself as a cognitive scientist, and who is deeply interested in the development of artificial intelligence. Tim Madigan recently interviewed him for Philosophy Now.
ARTICLES
Philosophy For All
Anja Steinbauer on an ambitious new attempt to do philosophy in public.
Interpretations: Facts & Questions
Joseph Sen on the uniqueness of philosophy.
Off-The-Peg Offspring in the Genetic Supermarket
Colin Gavaghan asks how seriously we should take Gattaca's dread of genetic screening.
Teaching Validity with a Stanley Thermos
Andrew Chrucky on logical arguments which hold water. And coffee.
Hobbes, Stirner & Authority
More than three centuries after the death of Thomas Hobbes, the issue of state power versus individual rights remains as contentious as ever. Paul Rowlandson on the case for strong government.
Cleaning out the Chinese Room
Could computers have minds? Julian Moore criticises John Searle's famous thought experiment.
OVERVIEW
What's New in Medical Ethics
Mark Daniels describes the debates, the dilemmas and the philosophers who wrestle with them.
LETTERS
Opinions on Women & Philosophy, Hume's Castle, God and Monkeys, Early Christians, Humanity and Nature, and more...
BOOKS
Antony Flew marks a set of essays by Anthony Quinton and Robert Taylor describes astronomer Michael Hawkins and his quest for dark matter. Meanwhile Jerry Goodenough expounds on science and the millennium.
SHORT STORY
Collected Moments
by Stephen Loveless
COLUMN
Peg's Piece
Philosophy Now's fearless columnist Peg Tittle speaks out on human cloning and the scandal of unregulated reproduction.