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reporter 4news hound news, plus straw poll and mediawatch

12Darwin wars Dennett v Ruse in a sort-of public spat

15omnivore Scott McLemee on Benjamin Franklin

16let’s do Berlin! the philosopher’s guide to the German city

19word of mouse Luciano Floridi on words and images

thoughts 20success Robert Solomon asks what it means

27sci-phi can starlings grasp basic grammar?

29censorship when words stop us from acting

33provocations is policing the web a good thing?

35dress formal how to love formal philosophy

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forum 40think positive Andy Higgins looks at the growth of positive psychology

44happy warriors Richard Schoch learns from military suicides in Iraq

48Buddhist Mill Wendy Donner sees a surprising EastWest link

53crayon bliss Mark Kingwell takes lessons from Homer J Simpson

58hands off Neera Badhwar asks if happiness is the business of politicians

62good choices Dan Haybron wonders if we know what’s good for us

discussion 66my philosophy David Edmonds and John Eidinow on brainy brawls

the lowdown 79the directory listings for UK and North America

80snapshot the lowdown on Simone Weil

82conceptual carvery objective explanations of the subjective

83theory of knowledge the last in the series sees off the radical sceptic

review 85new books Shelby, Dennett, O’Hear, Appiah and fi lm as philosophy

last words 92Bertrand’s break fun and games

94letters you set us straight

70open debate readers take on Peter Fosl’s defence of blasphemy

96the skeptic Wendy Grossman arranges her intellectual autobiography

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The Philosophers' Magazine /3rd quarter 2006