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The assumption of materialism (in its many forms) Howard Robinson believes is false. In his book he presents a very forceful critique of the modern forms that materialism has taken. In telling discussions of the theory of supervenience put forward by Davidson and Peacocke, the central state materialism attributable to Smart, Armstrong and others, Putnam's functionalism, and Rorty's disappearance theory, he shows that, whatever their local inconsistencies, these forms of materialism all overlook or quite inadequately explain elementary and unimpeachable intuitions about our own mental experiences. Robinson concludes with a consideration of the alternative views of the matter of which the mind is held to consist. These arguments will either serve to crystallise for the most part inchoate opposition to materialism among a number of philosophers, and will challenge its proponents to find a more secure defence for the basis of their view

I argue that the self is simple metaphysically, whilst being complex psychologically and that the persona that links these moments might be dubbed 'creativity' or 'imagination'. This theory is trinitarian because it ascribes to the self these three 'features' or 'moments' and they bear at least some analogy with the Persons of the Trinity, as understood within the neo- platonic, Augustinian tradition.

I consider what I hope are increasingly sophisticated versions of ontological argument, beginning from simple definitional forms, through three versions to be found in Anselm, with their recent interpretations by Malcolm, Plantinga, Klima and Lowe. I try to show why none of these work by investigating both the different senses of necessary existence and the conditions under which logically necessary existence can be brought to bear. Although none of these arguments work, I think that they lead to interesting reflections on the nature of definition, on the conditions for possessing the property of necessary existence and point towards a different, neo-Platonic ground for God's meeting the criteria for being logically necessary.

The true aim of our Government is freedom and equality for our citizens. The Government assumes the role of big brother, arbiter, innovator, and, finally, conciliator over all our many free insti­tutions.