Can philosophers help handle terror?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Carlin Romano

``Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues With Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida'' by Giovanna Borradori; University of Chicago Press ($25)

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Could we be in so much al-Qaeda trouble that we need help from _ philosophers?

Does any terror-alert level stretch that high? Is there, above ``Severe'' Red, an incandescent ``We're Desperate for Some Eternal Truths!" Purple?

Without a doubt, huge issues of conceptual analysis, entwined with policy choices, confront the international community today. Consider three:…