Issue 40: The Limits of Knowledge

The Limits of Knowledge

Can everything be said if we try hard enough?

Editorial

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Psychiatry After Postmodernism

If language is inherently unstable, then how can we hope to diagnose illness accurately?

Mark Salter

The Word and the World

Can language be separated from reality?

Joanna Kavenna

Article

Science, Magic, and the Inexplicable

Is science a form of magic, or is this a heresy?

George Ellis

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The Fall of the Alpha Leader

The hero and the genius are outdated fantasies.

Margaret Heffernan

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The New Sexual Settlement

Feminism cannot win in the new world order.

Beatrix Campbell

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Suis-Je Charlie?

Do we have a right to offend?

Brian Klug

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Issue 39: Head to Head

Searle vs Lawson: After the End of Truth

HEAD TO HEAD: is independent reality a fantasy?

Head to Head

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Searle vs Lawson: After the End of Truth - part 2

Has realism failed?

Hilary Lawson

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Atkins vs Midgley: The Limits of Science

HEAD TO HEAD: Does science have all the answers?

Head to Head

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Searle vs Lawson: After the End of Truth - part 1

Is there such a thing as objective truth?

John Searle

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Atkins vs Midgley: The Limits of Science - part 1

Why science doesn't have all the answers.

Mary Midgley

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Atkins vs Midgley: The Limits of Science - part 2

Why science will explain all of existence.

Peter Atkins

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Atkins vs Midgley: The Limits of Science - part 3

Science is just one discipline among others.

Mary Midgley

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Atkins vs Midgley: The Limits of Science - part 4

Only science offers deep understanding of reality.

Peter Atkins

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Issue 38: Masters of the World

Beyond Originality

Are we doomed to an eternity of re-runs?

Dylan Evans

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Philosophy and Science: Double Team?

Can science continue to ignore philosophy?

Angie Hobbs

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Issue 37: Expert Lies

Expert Lies

Is expertise simply a form of institutional power?

Matthew Parris

Article

Fantasy and Reality

Germs and atoms are as much a fantasy to Amazonian tribes as their demons are for us.

Daniel Everett

A Dangerous Dependency

Does victory for radical Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn signify a wider rejection of expertise?

Norman Lamont

After the Expert

Will mistrust of experts bring democracy or chaos?

Edward Mortimer

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The Self and the Selfless

Does altruism even exist?

Linda Woodhead

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Open Borders

Amid the refugee crisis, social media has been hailed as the power of the people. But who is really in control?

Carl Miller

Life and the Universe

Is it time we admit we're alone in the universe?

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

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