onference Briefing 31 PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY Christian Perring and William Wilcox Dispatches from an international gathering in Aberdeen

Primers Short articles on the basics

52 SNAPSHOTS PLATO Roy A Jackson ALASDAIR MACINTYRE Matthew Ray 54 EXPLAINING ETHICS Simon Eassom Part four of the series introducing moral philosophy The Philosophers’ Review 56 New publications including A COMMON HUMANITY Raimond Gaita Peter Cave NEW ESSAYS ON THE A PRIORI Eds. Boghossian and Peacocke Steve Deery

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FORUM EXISTENTIALISM Beyond the black polo neck clichés. Full details on page 34

Introduction Jonathan Webber What is Existentialism? David Cooper Problems of the Unconscious David Snelling Simone de Beauvoir Ursula Tidd Postcolonialism Azzedine Haddour Too Serious Sartre? Jonathan Webber The Ethics of Aesthetics Christina Howells

THREE CHALLENGES TO ETHICS James Sterba Karen J Warren Regulars 10 MITCH’S DIRECTORY & DIARY Now with organisational as well as events listings

22 OUT & ABOUT Tim Le Bon What on earth is philosophy for management?

51 SCI-PHI Mathew Iredale Mat’s mind ponders the mysteries of matter

61 BIBLIOPHILE Adding some metaphysics to your home library

62 BERTRAND’S BREAK Pondweed, Stamp, quizes plus the concise or cryptic crossword

64 PHILOSOPHY@THE. INTERNET Mitch Hodge Essential philosophy sites from the world wide web

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26 READER OFFER

67 TPMSHOP

64 LETTERS Corrections, comments, praise and protestations: your feedback to TPMarticles

66 THE SKEPTIC Wendy Grossman Genetic engineering: for or against? and other dumb questions

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