4/

The Philosophers’

Magazine

98 Mulgrave Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 6LZ

United Kingdom Tel: 020 8643 1504 Fax: 0870 125 3783 editor@philosophers.co.uk www.philosophers.co.uk

Philosophers’ The

Magazine issue eighteen • spring 2002

Editor Julian Baggini

Editor, New Media

Jeremy Stangroom

Contributing Editors Susan Dwyer, Simon Eassom, Peter Fosl, Michael LaBossiere, Jeff Mason, Christian Perring

Reviews Editor Jonathan Derbyshire

Subscriptions UK: 01442 879097 North America: 1 800 444 2419

See page 10 for full details contents ews and Features 6 NEWS HOUND UK top dogs, millions for modernity and more

17 DOUBLE FREEDOM Richard Double Breaking some chains in the free will debate

9 MEDIA WATCH Philosophy and philosophers in the mass media

Contributors Alexander Broadie, Stewart Candlish, Peter Cave, Joseph Chandler, Annalisa Coliva, Tim Crane, Steve Deery, Jonathan Derbyshire, Richard Double, Simon Eassom, Peter Fosl, Jack Furlong, Wendy Grossman, Mitch Hodge, Brad Hooker, Mathew Iredale, Dale Jacquette, Sue Johnson, Joachim Jung, Michael C LaBossiere, Tim LeBon, Tibor Machan, Mark Maller, Nicholas Maxwell, Lyn May, Christian Perring, Brook Sadler, Bart Schultz

Illustrations Felix Bennett (cover), Shaun Williams

Graphics Jerry Bird

With Thanks to Susannah Gill, Lori Fells, Kathryn Knisley, The Rannies, Bernard Stangroom, Pam Swope

Distribution by (UK) Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, London E9 5LN Tel: 020 8986 4854 (North America) Ingram Periodicals Inc., 1240 Heil Quaker Blvd., La Vergne, TN 37086-7000 Tel: (615) 793 5522 (North America) Ubiquity Distributors Inc., 607 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Tel: (718) 875 5491

Printed by Warwick Printing, Theatre Street, Warwick

Contributors Notes Contact the editor for further information or to submit ideas. Please do not send unsolicited manuscripts.

11 PAPYRI FOUND Julian Baggini Recovering philosophy from the lava of Vesuvius

13 TIPS FOR THE TOP Brook Sadler The cheat’s guide to writing like a philosopher Essays 15 OF MOLECULES AND MEN Nicholas Maxwell Why physics is no threat to our personalistic understanding

© 2002, The Philosophers’ Magazine

All views expressed in The Philosophers’ Magazine represent those of the authors of each article and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors or publishers.

ISSN 1354-814X

ThePhilosophers’Magazine/Spring 2002

Physics, p15

Give him your heart? p19

19 DONORS OR KILLERS? Tibor Machan On the difference between killing and letting die

Discussion 23 OPEN DEBATE: SLAVERY AND SELF-DEFENCE Joachim Jung Take part in a debate about the ethics of NGO policy

27 DISCOURSE: TEXTS AND TRUTHS Jonathan Derbyshire Simon Blackburn, Simon Critchley and Stephen Law consider ditching the great works onference Briefing 31 WITTGENSTEIN TODAY Annalisa Coliva Stewart Candlish Discussing Ludwig in Bologna

Primers Short articles on the basics

52 SNAPSHOTS MACHIAVELLI Peter Cave G E MOORE Bart Schultz 54 EXPLAINING ETHICS Simon Eassom Part six of the series introducing moral philosophy turns to Immanuel Kant The Philosophers’ Review 56 New books

HUMAN NATURE AND THE LIMITS OF SCIENCE John Dupré Christian Perring

DEFENDING ANIMAL RIGHTS Tom Regan Jack Furlong contents

/5

COVER STORY: FORUM BRITISH PHILOSOPHY

Past, present and future. Full details on page 34

The British Difference Expert Panel Ten British Landmarks TPM The New Vanguard: Interviews Tim Crane, Simon Glendinning, Mike Martin, Stephen Mulhall The Editor’s Tale Peter S Fosl US and Them Brad Hooker Scotish Philosophy Alexander Broadie

THE MIND DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY Jerry Fodor Dale Jacquette

REALITY AND HUMEAN SUPERVENIENCE Gerhard Preyer and Frank Siebelt Michael LaBossiere

SOCRATES CAFÉ Christopher Phillips Tim LeBon Regulars 21 PHILOSOPHY@THE.INTERNET Mitch Hodge Philosophy on the world wide web

22 SCI-PHI Mathew Iredale On the infinitesimally small

29 OUT & ABOUT Tim LeBon Stoicism for train travellers

30 THE DIRECTORY The essential listings

61 BIBLIOPHILE Philosophy of religion for your home library

62 BERTRAND’S BREAK Pondweed, Stamp, quizes, rocks, plus the crossword

64 LETTERS Corrections, comments, praise and protestations

66 THE SKEPTIC Wendy Grossman When science doesn’t satisfy

PLUS

10 SUBSCRIBE

30 READER OFFER

67 TPMSHOP

Wittgenstein in Bologna, p31

ThePhilosophers’Magazine/Spring 2002