Achille C. Varzi (Columbia): The Magic of Holes. Jeremy Wisnewski (Hartwick): The Misgivings of a Pop Culture Enthusiast: On the Intersection of Philosophy and Entertainment. From Essays in Philosophy, a special issue on Public Philosophy, including Greg Littmann (Southern Illinois): Writing Philosophy for the Public is a Moral Obligation; and Matt Chick (WUSTL) and Matthew LaVine (Buffalo): The Relevance of Analytic Philosophy to Personal, Public, and Democratic Life. Postmodern philosophy and truth on the go: Tim Crane reviews Truth: Philosophy in Transit by John D. Caputo. Stephen Cave reviews Are You an Illusion? by Mary Midgley. Andrew Anthony on Mary Midgley: A late stand for a philosopher with soul. Zan Boag interviews John Searle: “It upsets me when I read the nonsense written by my contemporaries”. Is philosophy stupid? Richard Carrier investigates. Playing with Plato: Philosophers eager to write for popular audiences are finding readers who want answers science can’t offer. Why study philosophy? Hope Reese interviews Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex (and more and more and more and more). Carolyn Gregoire on the unexpected way philosophy majors are changing the world of business. The introduction to The Moral Background: An Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics by Gabriel Abend. Helen Douglas on philosophical counseling as a practice of emancipation. From Existential Comics, a look at the publication of Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophers; and how the Germans play monopoly.
