ARTICLES
Also includes articles from “Intelligent Life” (now renamed “1843”)
Four women who shook up philosophy
Review of Benjamin Lipscomb’s “The Women Are Up to Something”. About Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley and Philippa Foot
The Economist, 6th November 2021
Has The Economist made history, as well as reporting it?
Review of Arnold Zevin’s: “Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist”
The Economist, 16 November 2019
Nietzsche, philosophy and madness
Review of Sue Prideaux’s biography of Nietzsche
The Economist, 27 October 2018
Laughing in the dark
Three books on Jewish humour
The Economist, 11 November 2017
Freedom, being and apricot cocktails
Review of Sarah Bakewell’s “At The Existentialist Café”
The Economist, 26 March 2016
Know thy selfie
Two books on narcissism
The Economist, 20 March 2014
Where did the Book of Genesis come from?
Review of Ronald Hendel’s study of the first book of the bible
The Economist, 1 December 2012
Britain’s first modern philosopher
On Noel Malcolm’s edition of Hobbes’s masterwork
The Economist, 6 October 2012
Neurons v free will
The notion of a rational self is under attack again, this time from neuroscience
Intelligent Life, March/April 2012
Philosophy as inspiration
Review of James Miller’s “Examined Lives”
The Economist, 29 January 2011
The limits of science
Plenty of today’s scientific ideas will be discredited. Is this a problem for science?
Intelligent Life, 20 November 2010
From classics to pop
Review of Alex Ross’s “Listen To This”
The Economist, 30 October 2010
Order of creation
On Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow’s “The Grand Design”
The Economist, 11 September 2010
The art of the parody
Review of the “Oxford Book of Parodies”
The Economist, 15 July 2010
What do philosophers believe?
Decoding an unusual opinion poll
Intelligent Life, 26 March 2010
Right and left
Review of “The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World” by Iain McGilchrist.
The Economist, 26 November 2009
Facts, errors and the Kindle
The printed word has an Achilles heel. Can the electronic reader help?
Intelligent Life, 4 September 2009
Less brutish, still short
Review of “The Age of Empathy” by Frans de Waal
The Economist, 3 September 2009
Madoff and me
Confessions of a journalist
The Economist’s Free Exchange blog, 31 December 2008
Apes do it: the science of humour
The study of laughter has entered mainstream psychology
Intelligent Life, 28 June 2008
Music, war and politics intertwined
Review of “The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century” by Alex Ross
The Economist, 25 October 2007
The town of the talk (download)
A four-part special report on New York
The Economist, 19 February 2005
John Watling
Obituary in brief
The Economist, 26 July 2004 (published solely online)
Bernard Williams, critic of moral philosophy
Obituary
The Economist, 26 June 2003
A lexicon of crazyology
Review of “Brewer’s Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics”, by William Donaldson
The Economist, 21 November 2002
Willard Quine
Obituary
The Economist, 13 January 2001
Making sense of reference
Review of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Economist, 9 July 1998
The philosophers that Sophie skipped (download)
In defense of Anglo-American philosophy
The Economist, 7 December 1996
Japes of the great
Almost every statement is false in this review of a non-existent book: “April is the Cruellest Month: The History and Meaning of All Fools’ Day,” purportedly by Erich Merkwürdigliebe
The Economist, 2 April 1988
Too bard to be true
An article about a sonnet that it is possibly by Shakespeare, in the form of a sonnet that is certainly not by Shakespeare
The Economist, 30 November 1985
Review of Benjamin Lipscomb’s “The Women Are Up to Something”. About Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley and Philippa Foot
The Economist, 6th November 2021
Has The Economist made history, as well as reporting it?
Review of Arnold Zevin’s: “Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist”
The Economist, 16 November 2019
Nietzsche, philosophy and madness
Review of Sue Prideaux’s biography of Nietzsche
The Economist, 27 October 2018
Laughing in the dark
Three books on Jewish humour
The Economist, 11 November 2017
Freedom, being and apricot cocktails
Review of Sarah Bakewell’s “At The Existentialist Café”
The Economist, 26 March 2016
Know thy selfie
Two books on narcissism
The Economist, 20 March 2014
Where did the Book of Genesis come from?
Review of Ronald Hendel’s study of the first book of the bible
The Economist, 1 December 2012
Britain’s first modern philosopher
On Noel Malcolm’s edition of Hobbes’s masterwork
The Economist, 6 October 2012
Neurons v free will
The notion of a rational self is under attack again, this time from neuroscience
Intelligent Life, March/April 2012
Philosophy as inspiration
Review of James Miller’s “Examined Lives”
The Economist, 29 January 2011
The limits of science
Plenty of today’s scientific ideas will be discredited. Is this a problem for science?
Intelligent Life, 20 November 2010
From classics to pop
Review of Alex Ross’s “Listen To This”
The Economist, 30 October 2010
Order of creation
On Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow’s “The Grand Design”
The Economist, 11 September 2010
The art of the parody
Review of the “Oxford Book of Parodies”
The Economist, 15 July 2010
What do philosophers believe?
Decoding an unusual opinion poll
Intelligent Life, 26 March 2010
Right and left
Review of “The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World” by Iain McGilchrist.
The Economist, 26 November 2009
Facts, errors and the Kindle
The printed word has an Achilles heel. Can the electronic reader help?
Intelligent Life, 4 September 2009
Less brutish, still short
Review of “The Age of Empathy” by Frans de Waal
The Economist, 3 September 2009
Madoff and me
Confessions of a journalist
The Economist’s Free Exchange blog, 31 December 2008
Apes do it: the science of humour
The study of laughter has entered mainstream psychology
Intelligent Life, 28 June 2008
Music, war and politics intertwined
Review of “The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century” by Alex Ross
The Economist, 25 October 2007
The town of the talk (download)
A four-part special report on New York
The Economist, 19 February 2005
John Watling
Obituary in brief
The Economist, 26 July 2004 (published solely online)
Bernard Williams, critic of moral philosophy
Obituary
The Economist, 26 June 2003
A lexicon of crazyology
Review of “Brewer’s Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics”, by William Donaldson
The Economist, 21 November 2002
Willard Quine
Obituary
The Economist, 13 January 2001
Making sense of reference
Review of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Economist, 9 July 1998
The philosophers that Sophie skipped (download)
In defense of Anglo-American philosophy
The Economist, 7 December 1996
Japes of the great
Almost every statement is false in this review of a non-existent book: “April is the Cruellest Month: The History and Meaning of All Fools’ Day,” purportedly by Erich Merkwürdigliebe
The Economist, 2 April 1988
Too bard to be true
An article about a sonnet that it is possibly by Shakespeare, in the form of a sonnet that is certainly not by Shakespeare
The Economist, 30 November 1985