Back Issues
Issue 38
October/November 2002
EDITORIAL
Skeptics & Terraformers
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
INTERVIEW
Paul Kurtz
Author, philosophy professor and professional skeptic, Kurtz takes time out of a round-the-world lecture tour to talk to our man in Toronto, Colin Hunter.
THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE
The Ethics of Terraforming
Terraforming is the artificial transformation of other planets into places suitable for human habitation. A good thing, surely? Paul York argues that terraforming isn't as ethically straightforward as you might think.
Baby Products
Neill Furr on some of the mistakes people make when thinking about reproduction.
A Brief History of Philosophy of Science
Rick Lewis describes what philosophers have thought about science over the last century and a half.
What's New in Philosophy of Science?
So what's going on in philosophy of science at the moment? Bora Dogan describes some of the current highlights.
On Simplicity & Complexity
Phillip Hoffmann gives a simple introduction to a complex subject.
A Late Disciple of Lucretius
Colin Bennett on the eternally surprising Charles Fort.
OTHER ARTICLES
Memoir of a Jolly Junket in Search of Bishop Butler
Joseph Butler was an 18th century clergyman who left an indelible mark on moral philosophy but isn't as widely remembered today as he deserves. David White scoured England and Ireland for traces of the man they called The Bishop.
Problems of Affluence in Morality
Do we have a duty to give to charity? Kevin Smith weighs up the possible responses to an ethical dilemma we've all faced at one time or another.
From Hume to Tillich: Teaching Faith & Benevolence
Nancy Bunge was taught philosophy by two of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, Willard Quine and Paul Tillich. She remembers the profound effect of Tillich's ideas.
'The Open Society' Revisited
Alan Haworth on Karl Popper, his vision of a pragmatic, liberal society, and his assessment of its philosophical enemies.
COLUMNS
Dear Socrates
Our celebrity columnist answers readers' questions.
Moral Moments: Car Seats and the Absurd
by Joel Marks
LETTERS
Opinions on Mind and Morals, Guns and Thoughts, Impersonal Remarks, Socrates' Prison, and more...
BOOKS
John Mann reviews three books on race, asylum and immigration by Matt Cavanagh, Michael Dummett and Jacques Derrida. Meanwhile Michael Williams has a problem with George Frankl's psychoanalytic ethics.
FILMS
Our philosophical film columnist Thomas Wartenberg ponders the complexity of human motives as he takes in the latest gangster movie, The Road to Perdition.
SHORT STORY
Jordy Michaels Leaps the Great Divide
by R. J. Dent