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Deep philosophical waters

The latest issue of Plato: The Internet Journal of the International Plato Society is now out. David Chalmers (ANU): Why Isn't There More Progress in Philosophy? From the Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy, Andreas Vrahimis (Cyprus): "Was There a Sun Before Men Existed?": A. J. Ayer and French Philosophy in the Fifties. Do novels tell us anything about the ethical life that analytic philosophy cannot? Liam Burrell wonders. From 3:AM, Edouard Machery is a killer cool philosopher working on the cutting edge of interfaces between analytic philosophy, psychology, xphi and cognitive science; and David Papineau is still roving in the deep philosophical waters even though he knows that he’ll never know everything. Ben Laurence reviews Constructivism in Practical Philosophy. Julian Baggini interviews Daniel Dennett: “You can make Aristotle look like a flaming idiot”.