the philosophers’

magazine issue 29 • 1st quarter 2005

reporter 6news hound news, plus straw poll and mediawatch

9word of mouse can the Internet determine elections?

11bad boys philosophers behaving badly

14out & about must we talk about Harry Potter?

16teach thyself the changing face of introductions thoughts 17choosing belief Chris Norris pens the TPM Essay

24sci-phimeetour little relatives

26JacquesDerridaTributesfromCatherineAudard,SimonGlendinning,ChristinaHowellsandAlanMontefiore

35provocationsisdownloadingskillsunethical?

forum 38the symposium a Greek tradition comes to Soho, London

45what a union! Genevieve Lloyd on love in Descartes and Spinoza

49being in sync Nancy Sherman on the triumph of love

52unfit to wed Jonathan Derbyshire on the love lives of philosophers

54right loving Raja Halwani questions love’s morality

58what is love? Peter Goldie on the wrong answer

63real love Michael Lacewing on love as world-maker discussion 67my philosophy Alexander McCall Smith shows his Socratic side

70head to head Chris Bertram and Jeremy Stangroom lock horns on blogging

75Arthur C Danto chats about the end of art the lowdown 79the directory listings for UK and North America

80snapshotthelowdown on Max Stirner

82theory of knowledge the fourth in the introductory series

85conceptualcarveryonsenseandreference review 87New books by John Harris, Colin McGinn and others last words 92Bertrand’sbreakfunandgames

94lettershavingyour say

96the skeptic predicting election winners plus • subscriptions page 10 • spell shocked p48

The Philosophers' Magazine/1st quarter 2005