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The great infidel Ted Morris in praise of Hume

THE LOWDOWN

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Directory National and local philosophical associations

Snapshot: Avicenna The low down on one of Islam’s great thinkers

Pop culture Paraconsistent logic in The Office

REVIEW

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New books Reviews of new books by Alain Badiou, Simon Critchley, Colin McGinn and Alan Sokal

Author Q&A Harold Schweizer tries to keep us waiting

Picture this Jean Kazez’s new arts column

Review of reviews What the critics said about Ray Tallis and AC Grayling

LAST WORDS

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My philosophy Biologist Lewis Wolpert doesn’t mnice his words

The Skeptic Wendy Grossman’s regular column

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Layout

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