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Notes on ContributorsGilbert Ryle (1900–76)Taught at Christ Church, Oxford from 1924–45 and was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysics at Oxford University from 1945–68. His Concept of Mind (1949) is one of the classics of twentieth century philosophy.Jennifer NagelTeaches philosophy at the University of New Mexico and the University of Toronto.Philip KitcherProfessor of Philosophy at Columbia University. He has written books and articles on a variety of topics in the philosophy of science.Achille VarziAssociate Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. His most recent works are An Essay in Universal Semantics and Parts and Places (with Roberto Casati).Neil CooperEmeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Dundee. He is author of The Diversity of Moral Thinking. His contributions to Philosophy include ‘Two Concepts of Morality’ (January 1996) and ‘The Art of Philosophy’ (April 1991).Stephen R. L. ClarkProfessor of Philosophy, University of Liverpool. His most recent book is Biology and Christian Ethics (forthcoming, Cambridge University Press).D. GoldstickProfessor of Philosophy, University of Toronto. His earlier contributions to Philosophy include ‘The Welfare of the Dead’ (January 1988).Colin RadfordFormerly Research Professor of Philosophy, University of Kent. Now Emeritus (since 1996).Phil DoweLecturer in Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. He works on causation, time and chance. He has published a book on causation, Physical Causation (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and is currently working on a book on time travel called ‘Backwards Causation’.