VOLUME 8 • 2009
DREAMS OF DIONYSUS: WINE, PHILOSOPHY AND EROS
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the idea of the philosophy of wine, reflecting upon the nature of the symposium which literally meant ‘to drink together’ by reference to texts by Plato, Xenophon and Euripides. The essay investigates the origins and classical texts that describe the historical and soc..
ON THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS
ABSTRACT. On the one hand, logic has (or ought to have) nothing to do with metaphysics; it ought to have nothing to do with questions concerning what there is, or whether there is anything at all. On the other hand, metaphysics can hardly get off the ground without the help of logical analysis; to b..