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New Philosopher magazine launched
Posted by _Russell Blackford_
(http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?author=28) on August 4, 2013
Over the weekend, New Philosopher magazine was launched here in Australia
at the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival. The magazine is edited by Zan Boag, who
has ambitions for mass market penetration, with sales in shops and
newsagencies. The first issue, devoted to the theme of freedom, includes an
article by Peter Singer, an interview with Noam Chomsky, a (reprinted) story
by
Peter Carey, and much other content from people with pretty big names. The
editor has aimed high, there seems to be a lot of good will toward the
magazine, and I wish it every success. Printing a magazine of this kind with a
run in the thousands, hoping to be picked up by a wide readership, is a
risky move, so I hope it pays off.
Disclaimer-cum-announcement: this first issue also includes an article by
me on the topic of propaganda (raising the vexed question of what can be
done about it). My understanding of propaganda in the article is, “one-sided,
emotionally manipulative, and (most especially) dishonest efforts to
influence public opinion”. Current societies are awash with this sort of
material, or so I argue, and we are exposed to it long before we have the
intellectual tools to respond to it critically, meaning that our personalities
and
values are shaped by it to an extent.
I’m currently working on an article for the second issue – which is
devoted to philosophy of mind, with contributions from Daniel Dennett and
others.
My topic is the return of panpsychism to academic interest and
respectability. Panpsychism seems to be a desperate solution to the central
problems
in philosophy of mind, but highly esteemed philosophers such as Galen
Strawson have brought it back to the table for debate. I’m still figuring out
what I should say about this.
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