Issues
Issue 145: August/September 2021
EDITORIAL
Existing in the World
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
News: August/September 2021
Templeton supports Church, shock news • Big Data is Watching Over You • Judith Jarvis Thomson — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
EXISTENTIALISM & LIFE
The Adventures of Jean-Paul Sartre
Sam Kelly says Jean-Paul Sartre was the Hunter S. Thompson of existentialism.
Kierkegaard: Young, Free & Anxious
Gary Cox considers the problematic side of freedom, from the edge of a cliff.
We’re All Existentialists Now
Greg Artus contemplates (dis)embodiment, Zoom life and social media, through the ‘Looks’ of Sartre, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty.
The Existential Yomps Of Simone de Beauvoir
Annabel Abbs follows Simone de Beauvoir’s thoughts over the horizon.
Existentialism from an African-American Perspective
Roger Karny takes another look at liberty and alienation.
No Hats on Sunday
Akif Rashid asks Albert Camus why so many people around him are unhappy and confused, and what to do about it.
Zapffe For A New Political Age
Cameron Hendy thinks it’s about time we all stopped.
ARTICLES
Jonathan Edwards on Spiders
John Irish reveals the surprisingly Enlightened views of a hellfire preacher.
Taylor Swift’s Liar Paradox
With the help of renowned logician Taylor Swift, Theresa Helke introduces four fundamental paradoxes: the Liar, Epimenides’, the Truth-Teller, and the No-No.
The Stoic’s Lacuna
Alex Richardson explores the ethical cavern at the centre of Stoicism.
Would Kant Have Worn a Face Mask?
Todd Mei says yes, as a duty of practical reason.
Anne Conway (1631-1679)
Jonathan Head looks at the life and thoughts of an early animal equaliser.
What Is The Most Fundamental Value?
Our readers give their thoughts on values, each winning a valuable, if random, book.
INTERVIEWS
Michael Hauskeller
Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Liverpool, talks with Annika Loebig about death and democratising meaning.
LETTERS
Letters
Fat is an Ethical Issue • Life, Language & Logic • Animal Rights & Wrongs • Articles of Art • Subject to Ethical Criticism • Thinking about Tallis • More Women Philosophers Now! • No Microbe Rights Now! • Cynical Remarks
COLUMNS
Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998)
by Terence Green
Philosophers on Listening
by Matt Qvortrup
Existentialism Comes to Iran
Peter Adamson and Hanif Amin Beidokhti on Persian cross-cultural interpretations.
The Riddle of the Sphincter
Raymond Tallis reflects on embodiment.
REVIEWS
Just Deserts: Debating Free Will by Daniel C. Dennett & Gregg D. Caruso
Stuart Jeffries considers the moral implications of a (possible) lack of free will.
Good Sport by Thomas H. Murray
Dan Ray asks why drugs cannot be a part of good sport.
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristen R. Ghodsee
Amber Edwards surveys the position of women under socialism.
Brimstone and Treacle
Thomas R. Morgan notes a diabolical, and angelic, case of anti-realism.
CARTOONS
Paul Wood’s Cartoon (1)
by Paul Wood
Chris Gill’s Cartoon
by Chris Gill
Paul Wood’s Cartoon (2)
by Paul Wood
Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
Guto Dias’ Cartoon
by Guto Dias
FICTION
Freedom & Responsibility
Cora Cruz finds that sometimes you have to take both.
Sartre Poem
by Alasdair Macdonald
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Joe Crocker