Back Issues
Issue 58
November/December 2006
EDITORIAL
Witt & Wisdom
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
WITTGENSTEIN
Wittgenstein: A Wonderful Life
Tim Madigan on logic, language and mysticism in the life of one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
Pictures and Nonsense
Mark Jago looks at Wittgenstein’s first theory of language, in the Tractatus. One of the conclusions of this theory is that the theory in the Tractatus is nonsense…
Tractatus 7.1: Translation and Silence 
Peter Caws considers how much is lost in translation.
Don’t Panic! It’s the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Mathias Brochhausen envisages Wittgenstein Hitchhiking around the Galaxy.
Rules, Language & Reality
George Wrisley considers how some of Wittgenstein’s later ideas on language relate to reality.
The Private Language Argument
Richard Floyd explains a notorious example of Wittgenstein’s public thought.
The Wittgenstein Archive
Bob Plant and Peter Baumann relate some lesser-known anecdotes about the great man and his acolytes.
OTHER ARTICLES
A Brilliant Masterpiece
To be or not to be brilliant? Miriam Abbott on the ontological argument for God’s existence.
How Good Do We Have To Be?
With so many serious problems in the world, Jean Kazez asks whether there’s any excuse to buy ourselves new toys, or even take up more worthy pastimes like playing the violin. Her reflections take in Paul Farmer, Peter Singer, Susan Wolf and Nietzsche.
The Death of Postmodernism And Beyond
Alan Kirby says postmodernism is dead and buried. In its place comes a new paradigm of authority and knowledge formed under the pressure of new technologies and contemporary social forces.
CROSSWORD
Crossword
Our twelfth lovingly linked labyrinthine labour of lexical legerdemain by Deiradiotes.
INTERVIEWS
Peter Hacker
Peter Hacker is the leading Wittgenstein scholar at Oxford. Li Hong asked him about Wittgenstein and analytic philosophy.
LETTERS
Opinions on Soulful Articulations, Evolving Ethics, Mortal Words and more...
COLUMNS
Dear Socrates Epicurus
Our celebrity columnist answers readers’ questions.
Moral Moments: Philosophical Astronomy
by Joel Marks
Science: What is a Thought Experiment, Anyhow?
Our philosophical science correspondent Massimo Pigliucci asks.
BOOKS
Michael Oakeshott On Religion, Aesthetics, And Politics by Elizabeth Campbell Corey
Robert Cheeks finds Elizabeth Campbell Corey’s analysis of Oakeshott’s philosophy to be all present and correct.
I am Not a Man I am Dynamite: Friedrich Nietzsche and the Anarchist Tradition
Brian Morris deplores John Moore and friends’ views on Nietzsche and anarchism.
FILMS
9/11 and World Trade Center
Thomas Wartenberg sees two films about 9-11 and muses that sometimes more than courage is called for.
FICTION & POETRY
Bill’s Philosophy Songs
Bill Welton rewrites some familiar songs to give them philosophy appeal – including some carols for Christmas.
Making Up My Mind
Martin Lunghi gets into some strange tendencies with language.