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Magazine issue seventeen • winter 2002
contents ews and Features 6 NEWS HOUND The two million dollar man and David Lewis’ death
23 DISCOURSE: THE NEW MILLENNIUM Jonathan Derbyshire Anthony O’Hear and A C Grayling debate the role of philosophy
9 MEDIA WATCH Philosophy and philosophers in the mass media
Contributors Bat-Ami Bar On, Joseph Chandler, David Conway, Steve Deery, Jonathan Derbyshire, Simon Eassom, Nick Fotion, Wendy Grossman, Margaret Gullan-Whur, Robert Halliday, Alan Haworth, Mitch Hodge, Jennifer Hornsby, Mathew Iredale, Sue Johnson, Micahel C LaBossiere, Tim LeBon, José López, Jeff Mason, Lyn May, James McCarney, William Morgan, Richard Norman, Anthony O’Hear, Jordan Peterson, Gary Potter, Jonathan Rée, Stella Stanford, Jonathan Walmsley
Illustrations Felix Bennett (cover), Shaun Williams
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11 WITTGENSTEIN’S MUSIC Jonathan Derbyshire How the Tractatus was set to music
13 STAYING ALIVE Julian Baggini The results of an online philosophical experiment Essays 15 AFTER POSTMODERNISM José López and Gary Potter The critical realist alternative 17 EMPIRICAL ETHICS Robert Halliday Basing morality on facts about human flourishing Discussion 19 OPEN DEBATE: EXTINCTION Michael C LaBossiere LaBossiere responds to three objections to his essay sent in by TPMreaders
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Primers Short articles on the basics
26 SNAPSHOTS SARTRE Jeremy Stangroom DAVID LEWIS Michael C LaBossiere
28 EXPLAINING ETHICS Simon Eassom Part five of the series introducing moral philosophy examines the work of Thomas Hobbes
Conference Briefing 31 THE STANDING CONFERENCE Lyn May UK academic philosophers hold their annual business meeting
