General Articles: Articles

The Many Worlds of David Deutsch

Why do some physicists now believe that there are many parallel universes very like our own? And if there are, how will this help us build faster computers?
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

Might You Not Have Been You?

J.J.C. Smart on cricket and counterfactuals.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

You Won’t Know the Difference So You Can’t Make the Choice

says Robin Beck
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

The Sound of Action

In the latest in our series of personal views of philosophy, Lisa Kemmerer describes how thinking changes lives…
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

Neo’s Choice: Truth versus Happiness in Fear and Trembling

by Joel McCrum
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

Leibniz and the Leaves: Beyond Identity

Angels, humans, the leaves on a tree; is each one unique or just an example of its kind? Peter Pesic explains why Leibniz thought even leaves are individuals.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

Necessary Illusions

Roger Caldwell on nature’s little white lies.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

The Yuck Factor

Charles Fethe on the Wisdom of Repugnance.
[Issue 29: October/November 2000]

Theology & Falsification: A Golden Jubilee Celebration

Can religious beliefs be disproved? If not, what does this imply? 1950 saw the first appearance of a short article which changed the way theologians look at the problem. Antony Flew describes the circumstances in which he wrote it, and we mark the anniversary by reprinting his original article.
[Issue 29: October/November 2000]

Astrophysics & the Question of Sample Size

Michael Philips on the search for cosmic laws and theories.
[Issue 29: October/November 2000]

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