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CONTENTS The magazine contains articles on most areas of philosophy. Most are written by academics, though some are by postgraduate students or by amateurs. It also regularly features book reviews, a film column, a philosophical agony-aunt column (called Dear Socrates), plus fiction, cartoons and readers' letters. HISTORY ''Philosophy Now'' was founded as a low-budget quarterly magazine by Rick Lewis , in May 1991. The first issue included an article on Free Will by renowned atheist philosopher Antony Flew , who has remained an occasional contributor. The magazine was initially published in Lewis' home town of Ipswich , in England . In 1997, a group of American philosophers including Raymond Pfeiffer and Charles Echelbarger lobbied the American Philosophical Association to start a similar magazine in the USA. 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 the UK and USA. Other members of the US editorial board include Timothy Madigan (a former editor of '' Free Inquiry '' magazine) and Jonathan Adler . The UK board includes Anja Steinbauer . In 2000 ''Philosophy Now'' increased its frequency to appear bimonthly. Lewis remains the overall editor. Although it aims at a non-specialist audience, ''Philosophy Now'' has frequently attracted articles by leading scholars such as JJC Smart , Ted Honderich , Mary Midgley and Richard Taylor . EXTERNAL LINKS
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