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I . Welcome to the Year of the Rooster! Every day, originally (in the hey day of the Internet), The Philosopher used to add new, full-text articles, reviews and discussions to the main website. Now we don't bother. But still, reliable as clockwork, the very best articles are added, something maybe every few weeks or so. That's time for everyone to be philosophical in... Click on
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Recent highlights have been: New links to three excellent articles from Volume LXXXVI No. 2 *
Is there room for a New Elite? - Chris Ormell
A small re-design of the main index page to make it more rational, if still not too logical. Bernard Youngman's headmasterly approach to philosophy introduces our Autumn theme - see 'from the archives. We unveil new logiclinks and a revamped discussion with our resident philosophers, Jeremy Bentham, Mr Plato, Mr Wittgenstein and (Sundays only) his Holiness Saint Augustine. Further gems from Volume LXXXIX No. 1 are released, two more metaphysaical meanderings: Time on our Hands and The Only Possible World are added to our main index... Dazed and bedraggled by the plummetting of the philsoc.co share values on the world's markets, we reduce our postings to 'every so often' - but keep fingers crossed for a comeback. And to get things off to a good start, a fascinating look at a generally neglected aspect of our old friend Ludwig Wittgenstein, hot indeed from the Spring 2001 issue The new issue of the 'real' Journal looks at alternative approaches to exploring philosophy - we include two fascinating article here: Chengde Chen shows how to do a philosophical poem, and Zura Shiolashvili how to use the philosophical aphorism. As Millennium fever gripped the Western world, the Philosopher dug deeper into its burrow. This little known article by Moritz Schlick, 'Unanswerable Questions', is one of the gems uncovered. Russell also has a look at Pornography for us, and new reviews on 'Sex and Love' and '101 Philosophy Problems' are added to the reviews list. As part of the Journal's 'millennial makeover', we will be featuring some of the best, but less well-noted books in the subject in Volume LXXXVIII. We are encouraging new reviewers to contact us and to write reviews for the issues. Click on the button opposite to see the list of books available for review, and to see notes on how to become a review contributor. And we add two new articles looking at 'Good and Evil' in Chinese philosophy, and reconsider what is the essence of the subject for philosophers, anyway. See the main
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