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ISSN 1354-814X
Philosophers’ The
Magazine issue thirteen • winter 2001
contents
News and Features 6 NEWS HOUND Plagiarism on the internet
14 HAPPINESS Jeremy Stangroom The TPM 2000 survey on how philosophy affects you
8 OPINION Brian Leiter’s regular column plus guest comment from Nigel Warburton
9 MEDIA WATCH Philosophy and philosophers in the mass media, from the cat walk to catty talk
11 A KIND OF LIFE Ted Honderich Exclusive extracts from Honderich’s candid new autobiography
Self-censorship, p21
16 CHINA DIARIES Jeff Mason Letters from a trip of US academics to China Essays 19 FREUD MATTERS Emilia Steuerman Why psychoanalysis still matters to philosophy
Honderich p11
21 SELF-CENSORSHIP Carlo Felice How the intellectually free can blind themselves to reality Discussion 23 OPEN DEBATE: IMMORAL PHILOSOPHERS? Michael LaBossiere Objections and replies to a challenge to philosophers
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