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: : The Philosopher's Annual : : An attempt to collect the ten best philosophy articles of the year. : : Each year, on the basis of nominations from a board of prominent philosophers, the editors of the Philosopher's Annual attempt to select ten outstanding articles from the previous year's literature. : : We are pleased to announce the following selection from the literature of 1988: : : Susan J. Brison, "The Autonomy Defense of Free Speech," from Ethics. : : Tyler Burge, "Reason and the First Person," from Cynthia McDonald, Barry C. Smith and Crispin Wright, eds., Knowing Our Minds: Essays on Self-Knowledge, Oxford University Press, 1998. : : Andy Clark and David Chalmers, "The Extended Mind," from ysis. : : Clark Glymour, "What Went Wrong? Reflections on Science by Observation and the Bell Curve," from Philosophy of Science. : : Robert Gooding-Williams, "Race, Multiculturalism and Democracy," from Constellations. : : Samuel Levey, "Leibniz on Mathematics and the Actually Infinite Division of Matter," from the Philosophical Review. : : Lisa Shabel, "Kant on the ‘Symbolic Construction' of Mathematical Concepts," from Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. : : Scott Soames, "The Modal Argument: Wide Scope and Rigidified Descriptions," from Noûs. : : Judy Jarvis Thomson, "The Statue and the Clay," from Noûs. : : Christopher Woodard, "Egalitarianism and Desert," from Imprints. : : Editors for volume 21: Patrick Grim, Peter Ludlow, Gary Mar and Ken Baynes. : : Nominating editors for volume 21: Ned Block, Tyler Burge, Hubert Dreyfus, Hartry Field, Owen Flanagan, Dagfinn Follesdal, Marilyn Friedman, Michael Friedman, Samuel Guttenplan, Allen Hazen, ia Held, David Hoy, Philip Kitcher, Henry Kyburg, Will Kymlicka, Berel Lang, Keith Lehrer, William Lycan, William E. Mann, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Thomas McCarthy, Julius Moravcsik, Kai Nielsen, Christopher Peae, Richard Purtill, Tom Regan, Nicholas Rescher, Nathan Salmon, Wesley Salmon, Marcus G. Singer, Michael Slote, J. J. C. Smart, Roy Sorensen, Robert Stalnaker, Johan van Benthem, Bas van Fraen, and Peter van Inwagen. : : The articles above will appear in volume 21 of the Philosopher's Annual, available for the amazingly cheap price of $12.00 (plus $1.50 shipping and handling). To get your copy, send a check to Ridgeview Press, Box 386, Atasacadero, CA 93423. : : See our web page--including information on previous years and articles available for viewing on line–at www.sunysb.edu/philosophy/pa/index.htm

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