Albert Spencer takes a close look at our decision making.
Bertrand Russell
Issue 84: introduction from the editor
If someone new to philosophy asked you for a recommended reading, what would you suggest? I’ve asked a fair number of philosophers this over the years and found that there’s more agreement in answers to this question than at least many philosophical questions. Ask about the nature of mind and the replies are all over […]
Issue 81: introduction from the editor
Introduction to issue 81 from the editor.
The Best of Times
L. Nathan Oaklander explains how we might understand the passage of time.
Philosophers at War
One hundred years after the start of the First World War, Michel Petheram reflects on its meaning for some of the philosophers who lived through it.
Britain’s Best-Loved Dope Dealer
Howard Marks tells Julian Baggini about prison, pot and Hempel’s Paradox.
Speculations on the Cosmological Argument
The second of Roy Ahmed-Jackson’s series examining classic problems in the philosophy of religion.
Russell’s Paradox
Francis Moorcroft considers Russell’s Paradox.