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Magazine issue eighteen • spring 2002
Editor Julian Baggini
Editor, New Media
Jeremy Stangroom
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See page 10 for full details contents ews and Features 6 NEWS HOUND UK top dogs, millions for modernity and more
17 DOUBLE FREEDOM Richard Double Breaking some chains in the free will debate
9 MEDIA WATCH Philosophy and philosophers in the mass media
Contributors Alexander Broadie, Stewart Candlish, Peter Cave, Joseph Chandler, Annalisa Coliva, Tim Crane, Steve Deery, Jonathan Derbyshire, Richard Double, Simon Eassom, Peter Fosl, Jack Furlong, Wendy Grossman, Mitch Hodge, Brad Hooker, Mathew Iredale, Dale Jacquette, Sue Johnson, Joachim Jung, Michael C LaBossiere, Tim LeBon, Tibor Machan, Mark Maller, Nicholas Maxwell, Lyn May, Christian Perring, Brook Sadler, Bart Schultz
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11 PAPYRI FOUND Julian Baggini Recovering philosophy from the lava of Vesuvius
13 TIPS FOR THE TOP Brook Sadler The cheat’s guide to writing like a philosopher Essays 15 OF MOLECULES AND MEN Nicholas Maxwell Why physics is no threat to our personalistic understanding
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Physics, p15
Give him your heart? p19
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
