News: February/March 2006

Philosophy TV Pioneer Dies • Confucius Rehabilitated • Limbo to be Abolished • Work on Causality Wins Lakatos Prize — News reports by Sue Roberts in London and John Ruddy in New York

Goodbye Ken

Ken Knisely, the creator of the philosophy television show No Dogs Or Philosophers Allowed, has died suddenly at the age of 48. Ken was one of the most popular and life-enhancing characters on the American philosophical scene. He produced a great television show on a limited budget, and after twenty two years of effort was achieving his goal of bringing philosophy television to a mass audience via satellite and cable. We will publish a full obituary in Issue 55.

Thoughts for Tots

One legacy of Ken Knisely was the APA special session on Pre-College Philosophy, which he had organized in the months before his death.

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