Themed Articles

Body Snatchers!: The Invasion of Philosophy

David Suits on the philosophical lessons of a cult classic.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

Mary Shelley’s Daughters

Susan Hollis on women science fiction writers as social commentators.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

Life As Simulacrum: Stanislaw Lem’s Sci-Fi

Leszek Koczanowicz on a writer whose novels explore the search for meaning within simulated realities.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

Jezebel

Jezebel was a much-maligned woman, but Dane Gordon wonders if she really deserved such a bad name.
[Issue 33: September/October 2001]

Women Philosophers

Therese Dykeman on a case for a Sherlock Holmes and Dorothy Sayers.
[Issue 33: September/October 2001]

Fashion Emergency!

Feminist theory has recently faced accusations of trendiness, but Marianne Janack and Michelle LaRocque leap to its defence.
[Issue 33: September/October 2001]

Why Feminists Should Oppose Feminist Virtue Ethics

Some feminists say women should forget old-fashioned ethical rules and focus on developing positive aspects of their characters. Not so, says Sarah Conly.
[Issue 33: September/October 2001]

Existentialism

An introduction to our existential special issue by Anja Steinbauer.
[Issue 32: June/July 2001]

Rodents to Freedom

Matthew Coniam says that Groundhog Day explains existentialism more entertainingly than Sartre.
[Issue 32: June/July 2001]

The Forgotten Existentialist

Matthew Coniam on Colin Wilson.
[Issue 32: June/July 2001]

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