Back Issues
Issue 47
August/September 2004
EDITORIAL
Faith and Thought
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Religion and Truth
Richard Taylor on the proper role of myths and mysteries.
Human Acts in Islamic Philosophy 
Are our actions really free or are they determined by God’s will? Imadaldin Al-Jubouri on a controversy that divided Muslim philosophers.
Can An Evolutionist Believe in God?
Steve Stewart-Williams says not.
Letter from Antony Flew on Darwinism and Theology
Professor Antony Flew, who is famous for his philosophical arguments in favour of atheism, has contributed these tantalising comments to the debate.
OTHER ARTICLES
The Philosopher King, the Veil & the Mammoth
Jeff Mitchell on the political rise and fall of Luc Ferry.
Why I Am Not A Patriot
Carol Nicholson considers the arguments for patriotism offered by conservative and liberal thinkers, and concludes that they don’t work.
Assessing One’s Own Open-Mindedness
Are you open-minded? Before you answer, says William Hare, ask yourself the following ten questions...
Is an Existentialist Ethics Possible?
Does Sartre’s philosophy give us any clues about how we should live? Yes, says Jonathan Crowe – he showed us that we can’t avoid choosing.
Education versus Training
City, Liverpool John Moore, Swansea, Northampton ... once again university philosophy departments across Britain are closing or under threat. Peter Rickman makes the case for universities that educate as well as train.
Souls, Minds, Bodies & Planets
The first installment of a two-part article by Mary Midgley.
INTERVIEWS
William Rowe
William Rowe is a professor of philosophy at Purdue University. Though an atheist, he spends much of his working life thinking about God. Nick Trakakis recently chatted with him about God and evil and other such theological hot potatoes.
LETTERS
Opinions on Deliberative Deliberations, Animal Welfare and Pain, Philosophy in Peril, and more...
COLUMNS
Dear Socrates
Our celebrity columnist answers readers’ questions.
Moral Moments: The Geography of Philosophy
by Joel Marks
BOOKS
Nonbelief and Evil: Two Arguments for the Nonexistence of God by Theodore Drange
Charles Echelbarger explains the atheistic arguments of Theodore Drange.
Philosophical Reasoning by Nicholas Rescher
James Thomas explores a pragmatic but idealistic book about truth by Nicholas Rescher.
FILMS
Fahrenheit 9/11
Our film columnist Thomas Wartenberg laughs and cheers this year’s most controversial satire, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11.
CROSSWORD
The Very First Philosophy Now Crossword For Quite Some Time
The cryptically-named Deiradiotes has set a stiff challenge for all you philosophical crossword fans.
SHORT STORY
The Meaning of Life
A gripping tale of philosophy, literature and romance by Philip Bellamy.