Pieces by Radical Philosophy

REPORTS ~ time to take this on would be one in London based mainly on people at Middlesex Polytechnic. It was agreed that they should take over the production work starting with RP6 at the end of the summer. The editorial work of reading and evaluating contributions would continue to be done by a wider […]

RADIEAl PHIOSOPHV 4 With this issue, Radical Philosophy is one year old: During this year the movement has created a good deal of interest and received a lot of support. However, this success has also served to highlight the long struggle which will he needed if we are to have significant effects. The features of […]

REPORTS OXFORD MEETING Finally it was agreed that there should be another National Conference in the summer. to be held in London early in the summer vacation. An attempt would be made to involve other radical groups, such as radical psychologists, sociologists and economists, and more activist groups such as radical teachers, social workers, ‘prisoners […]

_DIAL PHIlOSOPHY 3 WINTER 1972 .. Since our last issue one of the most encouraging developments has been the formation of several new local groups. There are at least two functions these groups can perform both useful and neither necessarily exclusive of the other. A group aay provide a context in which ideas, ~nich are […]

REPORTS LEEDS To give an account of the effect that Radical Philosophy has had inside the Department of Philosophj at Leeds, it is necessary to explain what had been happening in this department prior to the emergence of this journal. Staff-Student Committees within the University are now about 5 years old; the Philosophy committee is […]

– REPORTS CAMBRIDGE Opening Moves This term has seen, hopefully, the beginnings of a new era in Cambridge philosophy. The event which sparked off this new beginning was the sit-in of February 3rd to 5th, when university premises were occupied in protest against the university’s handling of the proposals for exam reform put forward by […]

REPORTS HEm ~!……Discussion Weekend at Universi t..L..£.f2 ent , ,?2::.?Z__ .:!..~e first, insofar as its ‘problems’ arc emplr ~~l’: _ l,rohlems (knowledge of the external world, causality, other minJ~, personal identity, etc.), and secondly, insofar as it retain the same ideological orientation as classical empiricism. Epistemology is by its very nature prescriptive; it is for […]