Philosophy Now - October/November 2022

In this issue

Our main theme in Issue 152 is ‘God and the Philosophers’. We revisit one of the classic ‘proofs’ of God. We’ve an article advocating agnosticism; one on Kierkegaard’s Theological Self and another on Deism, the belief in a non-personal God. One contributor claims that several famous arguments by major philosophers were anticipated by medieval theologians centuries before. Plus, read how some Russian philosophers in the 1930s tried to convince Stalin that Spinoza was an atheist. (It didn’t end well).

Also in this issue, a special section on the nature of time; a brief life of Michel Foucault; and a review of Sartre’s “Existentialism is a Humanism”. Sean Moran lambasts sellers of snake oil (philosophical or otherwise) and Ray Tallis insists that talk of ‘artificial intelligence’ is neither intelligent nor intelligible.

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Philosophy Now is a lively, international newsstand magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It aims to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics.

Philosophy Now appears every two months. It contains articles on all aspects of Western philosophy, as well as book reviews, letters, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

Since its small-scale launch in Britain in 1991, Philosophy Now has grown to become the most widely-read philosophy periodical in the English language. Philosophy Now is independent of all groups and has no intentional editorial bias except for a passionate conviction that philosophy is a Good Thing.