Pieces by Radical Philosophy

NEWS SWANSEA APPEAL In RP 56 Peter Osborne reported on the troubles in the Philosophy Department at University College Swansea. A number of philosophers there had alleged breaches of academic standards by the examining board for the M.A. in Philosophy and Health Care, and in response to requests by five members of the department, together […]

NEWS THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR PHILOSOPHY Some issues ago we noted, with interest, the formation of the ‘National Committee for Philosophy’ (RP 44, News, ‘Caring for Philosophy?’). Since then, the Committee has organised itself into a more formal body. We recently received the following statement regarding the Committee’s structure and current aims from its ‘Chair’, […]

EDITORIAL Following on from the debate on ecological theory in RP40 we publish a critique of alternative medicine by a group-of Dutch writers. In this area the phllosophical and the political intersect in social relations which are increasingly under debate as the very notion of medicine itself is questioned. Looking at the rise of holistic […]

Editorial ‘After some probably avoidable delays in the appearance of RP37 we nearly return to schedule with this ‘ordinary’ issue of RP38, which contains a wide range of essays and reviews. We apologise to our readers for these delays and, through changes we are instituting, hope that they will not recur. The Collective has not […]