1. World Thinkers 2013 The results of Prospect’s world thinkers poll featuring the world's leading politicians, philosophers and economists.
2. The heroic absurdity of Dan Brown The less his talent, the more amazing his achievement, says Clive James.
3. What can’t you do with a criminal record? Irrespective of the crime, a criminal record can be a life sentence, says Jessica Abrahams.
4. Curse of cursive handwriting Is it time to change the way we teach children to write? asks Philip Ball.
5. The FBI files on being and nothingness From 1945 onwards, J Edgar Hoover’s FBI spied on Camus and Sartre. The investigation soon turned into a philosophical inquiry, says Andy Martin.
6. The American mind The historian Garry Wills has written better than anybody else about modern America, says Sam Tanenhaus.
7. The trouble with the Enlightenment Arguments about the Age of Reason have become stale. Can a new book transform the debate? asks Ollie Cussen.
8. Wittgenstein’s master Ramsey was friends with Keynes, supervised Wittgenstein’s PhD thesis and made breakthroughs in maths, economics and philosophy, writes AC Grayling
9. A philosopher in the age of science Hilary Putnam is a giant of modern philosophy—so why isn't he more famous? asks Malcolm Thorndike Nicholson.
10. What's the point of political philosophy? Beware attempts to make political philosophy "relevant," says Alex Worsnip.
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