Philosophy Now

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Philosophy Now

Philosophy Now, July/Aug 2011
Editor Rick Lewis
Frequency Bimonthly
Year founded 1991
Country United Kingdom, United States
Based in London
Language English
Website philosophynow.org
ISSN 0961-5970

Philosophy Now is a philosophy magazine, published every two months and sold from news-stands and bookstores in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada; it is also available through an 'app' for digital devices,[1] and online.[2] It aims to appeal to the general educated public, as well as to students and philosophy teachers. It was founded in 1991, and has now produced its centenery edition.[3]

Contents

The magazine contains articles on most areas of philosophy. Most are written by academics, though some are by postgraduate students or by amateurs. Although it aims at a non-specialist audience, Philosophy Now has frequently attracted articles by well-known thinkers. Contributors have included Daniel C. Dennett, Antony Flew, Mark M. Goldblatt, Ted Honderich, Robert Horner, Iain King CBE, William Lane Craig, Rick Lewis, Tibor Machan, Mary Midgley, Christopher Norris, JJC Smart, Richard Taylor, and Colin Wilson.

Philosophy Now also regularly features book reviews, fiction, cartoons and readers' letters. Its regular columnists include Joel Marks ('Ethical Episodes'), Thomas Wartenberg (philosophy and film column), Raymond Tallis ('Tallis in Wonderland') and Massimo Pigliucci, who writes on philosophy and science. There is also a philosophical agony-aunt column called 'Dear Socrates', allegedly written by a reincarnation of the Athenian sage. The magazine's contents are discussed in an online discussion forum.[4]

History

Philosophy Now was founded as a low-budget quarterly magazine by Rick Lewis, in May 1991. The first issue included an article on Free Will by then atheist philosopher Antony Flew, who remained an occasional contributor for many years.

The magazine was initially published in Lewis' home town of Ipswich, in England. In 1997, a group of American philosophers including Raymond Pfeiffer and Charles Echelbarger lobbied the American Philosophical Association to start a similar magazine in the USA. The then APA Executive Director Eric Hoffman arranged a meeting in Philadelphia in 1997, to which Lewis was invited. At the meeting, it was decided that the American group should join forces with Lewis to further develop Philosophy Now. Since that time, the magazine has been produced jointly by two editorial boards, in the UK and USA. Other members of the US editorial board include Timothy Madigan (a former editor of Free Inquiry magazine) and Jonathan Adler. The UK editorial board includes Anja Steinbauer, who is the editor for feminist, continental and non-Western philosophy. The magazine is distributed in the US by the Philosophy Documentation Center.

In 2000 Philosophy Now increased its frequency to appear bimonthly. Lewis remains the overall editor, with Bora Dogan editting the digital edition.[5]

Indexing

Articles from Philosophy Now are indexed in:

See also

References

  1. ↑ The new app is referred to here (link to article in Philosophy Now magazine), 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Philosophy Now's main online webpage is accessible here (link), accessed 29 January 2014.
  3. ↑ See A Century Not Out (link to article in Philosophy Now magazine), 29 January 2014.
  4. ↑ The Philosophy Now Discussion Forum is accessible here, accessed 2014-01-29.
  5. ↑ "We’re celebrating our hundredth issue by launching our very own app for iPad and iPhone. The app was developed by our Digital Editor, the brilliant but eccentric Bora Dogan" - taken from Philosophy Now, Centenery edition (link) accessed 2014-01-29.

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