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Contemplating Colobus

Dawn Starin reports on the state of colobus civilization in a small Gambian forest.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009]

Welcome To My Philosophy Class

Lecturer Wayne Buck has written a letter to his students explaining what philosophy is, and how to do it.
[Issue 71: January/February 2009]

Everything is a Goat

Bill Capra rebutts a cosmological argument against goatism.
[Issue 71: January/February 2009]

Paternalism and the Law

Barbara Hands considers whether it is ever right for the law to limit your freedom of choice and action, for your own good.
[Issue 71: January/February 2009]

Augustine’s Choice: The Lord of Light or the Light of the Lord?

Charles Natoli considers whether St Augustine had any better reason to convert to Christianity than remain a Manichean.
[Issue 71: January/February 2009]

Up The Nile With A Child: What the Sphinx had to say…

Artemis Pittas and Rafael Guzman take a trip through time and space on a boat.
[Issue 71: January/February 2009]

Switching Wine Glasses

Lawrence Crocker asks when it’s right to do the Chateau shuffle.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

Do Philosophers Talk Nonsense?

Ian Dearden may or may not…
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

Daniel C. Dennett: Autobiography (Part 3)

Dan Dennett continues to philosophically reflect on his philosophical life. This third and final episode covers 2003 to the present.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

Searching For Santa

Sam Morris scatters solstice scepticism over the stories of the saint with the supersonic sleigh.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008]

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