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• PM tension

  Relativism is still relevant, says Stuart Sim

• Shock and awe

  Is the idea of 'the sacred' available to atheists? Richard Norman navigates the widely differing views at a recent humanist conference

• Grounds for Optimism

  Alison Ainley asks a philosopher what it's all about

• Diderot's triumph

  Haydn Mason consults the original humanist bible

• Passing the time

  Peter Cave is irritated by Gallic philosophy

• Good without God

  Jim Herrick reconciles the mystic and the rational

• Exiled from Redemption: Laurie Taylor interviews Marina Warner

  Marina Warner weaves a new set of myths for Laurie Taylor

• Good God!

  Julian Baggini on how modern French philosophy found God

• Practical philosophy

  Jonathan Derbyshire enjoys a fresh look at Bertrand Russell

• Baby talk

  Jonathan Rée on the scientist in all of us