Issue 18 Spring 2002

Contents

News and Reports

6 News Hound
UK top dogs, millions for modernity and more

9 MediaWatch
Philosophy and philosophers in the mass media

Features

11 Papyri Found
Julian Baggini
Recovering philosophy from the lava of Vesuvius

13 Tips for the top
Brook Sadler
The definitive guide to writing like a philosopher

Essays

15 Of molecules and men
Nicholas Maxwell
Why physics is no threat to our personalistic understanding

17 Double freedom
Richard Double
Breaking some chains in the free will debate

19 Donors or killers?
Tibor Machan
On the difference between killing and letting die

Discussion

23 Open Debate: Slavery and Self-Defence
Joachim Jung
Take part in a debate about the ethics of NGO policy

27 Discourse: Texts and Truths
Jonathan Derbyshire
Simon Blackburn, Simon Critchley and Stephen Law consider ditching the great works

Conference Briefing

31 Wittgenstein Today
Annalisa Coliva
Stewart Candlish
Discussing Ludwig in Bologna

Primers

26 Snapshots
Machiavelli
Peter Cave
G. E. Moore
Bart Schultz

28 Explaining Ethics
Simon Eassom
Part six of the series introducing moral philosophy

British Philosophy

34

More than just words

Introduction
Julian Baggini

The British Difference
Simon Blackburn, David Conway, A C Grayling, Ted Honderich, Richard Norman, David Papineau
Six expert views on what does or does not make British philosophy distinctive

Ten Key Landmarks
TPM
Are these the key moments n British philosophy's history

The New Vanguard
Tim Crane, Simon Glendinning, Mike Martin, Stephen Mulhall
Leading young British philosophers talk to TPM about the past, present and future

The Editors Tale
Peter Fosl

Scottish Philosophy Matters
Alexander Brodie

US and them
Brad Hooker

The Philosophers' Review

54-60 We take a look at new publications

Regulars

30 The Directory
The essential listings

29 Out and About
Tim Le Bon
Philosophy beyond academia

22Sci-Phi

61 Bibliophile
Lyn May and Steve Deery on building a home philosophy library

62 Bertrand's Break
Pondweed; Stamp; Q&A; crossword

21 philosophy@the.internet

64 Letters

66 The Skeptic
Wendy Grossman

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