Tag: "truth"

What is Philosophy of Science Good For?

The first of occasional columns on science and philosophy by Massimo Pigliucci.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Science]

Affairs of Heart & Affairs of State

Philosophers have a problem with truth; but what about truth-telling? Peter Cave publishes some correspondence, recently re-discovered, concerning a long-forgotten political scandal. For the sake of brevity, incidental material in the letters has been excluded. Now, how do you tell people that you are telling them the truth?
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Short Story]

Dewey and the Democratic Way of Life

Kevin S. Decker on John Dewey’s unique political contribution.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: American Pragmatism]

The Dancer Upstairs

John Malkovich has made a clever movie about the hunt for a fat, cardigan-wearing philosophy professor with blood on his hands. Rich Guilfoyle watches The Dancer Upstairs.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Films]

We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident

by Joel Marks
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Moral Moments]

Richard Rorty’s Pragmatic Patriotism

Carol Nicholson on the need for a different kind of national pride.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: American Pragmatism]

An Introduction to Classic American Pragmatism

Raymond Pfeiffer, who edited this issue, takes a look at the scope of the Pragmatic tradition.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: American Pragmatism]

Dear Socrates

Having returned from the turn of the Fourth Century B.C. to the turn of the Twenty-First A.D., Socrates has eagerly signed on as a Philosophy Now columnist so that he may continue to carry out his divinely-inspired dialogic mission.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Dear Socrates]

The Paranormal, Urban Legends and Critical Thinking

Tim Madigan takes time out to tell some high school students a no-ghost story.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003: Philosophy & the Paranormal]

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