Issues
Issue 137: April/May 2020
EDITORIAL
Nietzsche’s Hammer
by Tim B-Gray
NEWS
The Philosophy Now Festival 2020
Report by Anja Steinbauer
NIETZSCHE PAST & FUTURE
Eternal Recurrence Revisited
Brandon Robshaw looks again at Nietzsche’s idea of the eternal repetition of life.
‘I Am A God’: On Becoming More Than Human
David Birch compares the attitudes of Friedrich Nietzsche and Kanye West.
Two Famous Philistines of Philosophy
Christopher Devlin Brown sees similarities and differences in Nietzsche’s and Plato’s critiques of art.
To Forget or To Remember?
Paul Doolan on what Nietzsche thought we can, and can’t, get out of history.
Our Nietzschean Future
Paul O’Mahoney considers the awful fate Nietzsche predicts for humanity.
ARTICLES
When Worlds (moral & causal) Collide
Toni Vogel Carey wrestles with conflicts of duty.
To Infinity… and Beyond!
Owain Griffin takes a leap beyond the limits of numbers, into concepts.
Return To Infinity!
Les Reid wonders whether the universe might turn out to be infinite after all.
Escaping the Academic Coal Mine
David Rönnegard argues that academia must focus on unearthing gems.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Mark Willingham looks at the philosophy of the great artist.
What & Why Are Human Rights?
Our readers give their thoughts, each winning the right to a random book.
OBITUARIES
Roger Scruton (1944-2020)
Piers Benn remembers his friend and colleague.
LETTERS
Letters
Letters About Nothing • Climate of Change • There Are Others • Freedom & Bondage • Face Values • Modern Omniscience • Bad Thoughts? Full Marx! • Philosophy: What Is It Good For?
COLUMNS
Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992)
by Terence Green
Life & The Mind
Peter Adamson wonders if we can learn philosophy from a life.
Against Neural Philosophy Of Mind
Raymond Tallis argues that your brain waves are not themselves thoughts.
REVIEWS
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Thorsten Botz-Bornstein writes in praise of Industry in our postindustrial morass.
Philosophical Posthumanism by Francesca Ferrando
Roberto Manzocco explores the posthuman condition.
Fellow Creatures by Christine Korsgaard
Chad Trainer asks whether animals should be considered moral ‘ends in themselves’.
Zombies
Chris Ferbrache wonders why zombie movies have remained so popular for almost a century.
CARTOONS
Paul Wood’s Cartoon
by Paul Wood
Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
FICTION
Morality Games
Steve Brewer’s players discuss a strategy for selfish ethical behaviour.
The Last Question
by Ben G. Yacobi