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15-527: Philosophy Now is a bimonthly philosophy magazine sold from news-stands and book stores in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and Canada; it is also available on digital devices, and online. It aims to appeal to the wider public, as well as to students and philosophy teachers. It was established in 1991 and was the first general philosophy magazine. Philosophy Now was established in May 1991 as

30-404: A media franchise as adapted by DreamWorks Animation . As of 2015, the series has sold more than seven million copies around the world. In addition to her other publications, Cowell works with illustrator Neal Layton in the ongoing series of Emily Brown stories. The first in the series, That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown , won a Nestlé Children’s Book Award . The Hon. Cressida Cowell

45-587: A film column, cartoons, and readers' letters. Its regular columnists include Raymond Tallis ( Tallis in Wonderland ) and Peter Adamson ( Philosophy Then ). For some years there was 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. The philosophy Professor Antony Flew , noted for his arguments in favour of atheism, published

60-619: A guest on philosophy-related programmes on BBC Radio 4 and elsewhere. He also translated and publish the Philosophy Now in Persian for the first time with AmirAli Maleki, the founder and editor of Praxis Publication. Cressida Cowell Cressida Cowell MBE FRSL (née Hare , born 15 April 1966) is a British author. She is best known for the book series How to Train Your Dragon , which has subsequently become

75-695: A large number of philosophy organisations including Philosophy For All and the Royal Institute of Philosophy . The next festival will be held on 18 January 2020. Also in 2011, the magazine launched an annual award, the Philosophy Now Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity. The first winner was the philosopher Mary Midgley . Each year since, there has been an award ceremony at Conway Hall , including an acceptance speech. In 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2018 this

90-621: A letter in Philosophy Now' s August/September 2004 issue in which he first indicated that his position regarding God's existence had changed. The news of Flew's change-of-mind was carried in many newspapers worldwide, most of them referencing Flew's Philosophy Now letter. A Philosophy Now interview with the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor in 2009 created controversy in Canadian newspapers because of Taylor's dismissive remarks about an atheist poster campaign on buses. The magazine

105-488: A quarterly magazine by Rick Lewis . 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 (England). Peter Rickman soon became one of the most regular contributors. In 1997, a group of American philosophers including Raymond Pfeiffer and Charles Echelbarger lobbied

120-532: Is abstracted and indexed in: In 2011, the magazine organised a philosophy festival for the general public. The venue was Conway Hall in central London. Since then the Philosophy Now Festival has become a regular biannual event. The second Philosophy Now Festival was held in 2013, the third in 2015 and the fourth in January 2018. Each festival was a one-day event involving contributions from

135-684: The American Philosophical Association to start a similar magazine in the United States. 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

150-531: The Philosophy Now in Persian for the first time with AmirAli Maleki, the founder and editor of Praxis Publication. The magazine contains articles on most areas of philosophy. Most are written by academics, though some are by postgraduate students or by independent writers. Although it aims at a non-specialist audience, Philosophy Now has frequently attracted articles by well-known thinkers. Philosophy Now also regularly features book reviews, interviews, fiction,

165-774: The UK and US. The magazine is distributed in the US by the Philosophy Documentation Center . In 2000 Philosophy Now increased its frequency to appear bimonthly. Lewis is now the Editor in Chief, while Grant Bartley is Editor of the print edition and Bora Dogan edits the digital editions. Philosophy Now won the Bertrand Russell Society Award for 2016. Rick Lewis also translated and publish

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180-550: The United States, and elsewhere, which has since strengthened, and to the present owes much of its impetus to Lewis' work. A few years after launching the magazine, Lewis succeeded in having it accepted by the UK news trade , making it the first philosophy title to appear on ordinary news stands . In the mid-1990s, France and other countries saw a wave of philosophy cafés , informal philosophy meetings held in cafes. The first of these were created by Marc Sautet in Paris , and by

195-632: The late 1990s they numbered in the hundreds. In 1998 Lewis and his Philosophy Now colleague Bryn R. Williams were among the first to import this innovation into Britain , adapting it to the local culture by holding philosophy meetings in pubs rather than cafés. Their first Pub Philosophy meeting was held at The Glassblower in Piccadilly Circus , and was reported on by Radio London ; later meetings took place in another West End pub, The Clachan. Lewis lives in South London , and has been

210-844: Was born on 15 April 1966 in London . She is the daughter of Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham . Her uncle, by marriage, is U.S. Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer . As a child, Cowell states she "grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland," and that it was during summers spent on the Inner Hebrides , where she first began to develop her writing and drawing skills: Cowell attended Keble College, Oxford where she studied English, and she also attended Saint Martin's School of Art and Brighton University where she learned illustration. She studied at Marlborough College (1982–84). Cressida Cowell presently resides in London with her husband Simon,

225-564: Was part of the Philosophy Now Festival. In October 2015 Philosophy Now announced that the 2015 Award would for the first time be given to a children's author, Cressida Cowell . The full list of winners is: Rick Lewis (journalist) Lewis launched Philosophy Now in 1991, the first ever philosophy magazine worldwide. This new initiative facilitated a wave of popular philosophy activities in Great Britain,

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