Philosophy Now

Philosophy Now is a magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It isn't afraid to tackle all the major questions of life, the universe and everything. It tries 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. It contains articles on all aspects of philosophy, plus book reviews, film reviews, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

Editorial • “Anyone who has good friends is a success”

News

Aristotle on Forming Friendships • Tim Madigan and Daria Gorlova explain Aristotle’s understanding of good friends and tell us why we need them.

Contemporary Friendships • Tim Delaney and Anastasia Malakhova categorize and analyze the different kinds of modern-day friendships.

The Value of Friendship for Education • Robert Michael Ruehl calls for a friendly revolution.

Friendly Friar • Seán Moran asks amiable Aquinas about amity.

Teleology Rises from the Grave • Stephen Asma says biology needs to understand the purpose – the ‘telos’ – of organisms and systems.

The Original Meaning of Life • Stephen Leach and James Tartaglia investigate where the idea of the meaning of life originated.

Philosophers At The Dog Auction • How Kim Kavin found herself considering the philosophies of Kant, Mill and Singer at America’s biggest legal dog auction.

Why Physicalism isWrong • Grant Bartley argues that to say the mind is physical is an abuse of language.

Philosophical Haiku

Our Duty to the Dead • Stamatina Liosi enlists the help of Immanuel Kant to discover why we have a duty to treat the dead with dignity.

G.E. Moore’s Hands • Roger Caldwell takes a sceptical look at scepticism.

Letters • When inspiration strikes, don’t bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!

Can Confucians Have Friends? • Peter Adamson says the bonds of friendship are virtuous.

Philosophy of Nature • Massimo Pigliucci says the bad boy of philosophy of science has done it again, posthumously, and Paul Davis commentates on some philosophy of sports research.

Ethics, Knowledge & Truth in Sports

L’AVENIR (Things to Come) • Terri Murray takes in a subtle critique of academic philosophy’s anemic inertia.

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) • Alistair MacFarlane looks at a man who applied his thought to his life.

On Non-Existent Objects • Raymond Tallis explores non-being and time.

What Is It Like To Be A Bot? • Keith Frankish asks if it’s possible to know whether humans, or robots, have minds