Contents

Issue �7 • 4th quarter ����

NEWS

4 From the editor

6 Lost causes 10 Feature: A marathon for the mind  Gary Flood 16 Mediawatch

OPINION

17 Information warfare  Luciano Floridi 20 Honest stupidity  Wendy M Grossman THOUGHTS 22 A case for Scottish independence  Alan Weir 35 Foul play  David Papineau

40 Philosophical problems  John Kekes 48 Motorcycle politics  Timothy M Dale and Joseph J Foy 54 Snapshot: Susanne K Langer  Robert E Innis

DISCUSSION

58 Forum: The nature of life 102 Editor’s Pick: Economics and Philosophy  Richard Bradley

REVIEWS

105 The two faces of Medea  Jean Kazez 107 Reviews 119 What the critics said  A M Ferner tpm  4TH QUARTER 2014