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VOLUME 62 NO 239 JANUARY 1987
Editorial: Ivory Towers and Glass Houses 1 Reference and Buridan's Law - p. T. GEACH 7 The Presuppositions of Survival — ANTONY FLEW 17
Doing Something For Its Own Sake - T. s. CHAMPI.IN 31
David Hume and Necessary Connections - I . IOSTER LINDLEY 49 Philosophy in a Developing Country - I DO ETUK 59 A Fable of Foreknowledge and Freedom - j. L. WALLS 67 Discussion
Causation: Rejoinder to Sanford - TED HONDERICH 77
The Challenge of Biological Determinism- ROSEMARY ROOD 84
Retribution Revisited - JOHN w ILSON 94
Obligation, Supererogation and Self-sacrifice - RUSSELL A. JACOBS 96
Evil and the Vulnerability of God - DONALD MACKINNON 102 New Books Reviews 103 Booknotes 118 Books Received 120 Notebook 124
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