Issues
Issue 148: February/March 2022
EDITORIAL
Birds Do It
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
News: February/March 2022
Leading African Philosopher Dies, Aged 90 • Socrates Jazz Opera Opens Off Broadway • Hegel Museum Installs Escape Room — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
LOVE & ROMANCE
Iris Murdoch & The Mystery of Love
Stephen Leach looks with Murdoch at the three graces of love, art, and morality.
The Philosophy of Romantic Love
Peter Keeble says philosophy, like love, is a many-splendoured thing.
Spinoza & the Troubles of the Heart
Dan Taylor shows that even great philosophers can have their hearts broken.
The Unlovable Parts of a Loving Society
Matei Tanasă asks if we should love the unlovable.
Living & Coexisting by Courage, Generosity & Wisdom
Finn Janning says empathy and compassion are necessary for our thriving and even our survival.
ARTICLES
Demons of the Self
Tristen Taylor finds problems in meaningfully defining ‘evil’.
Pascal’s Climate Wager
Keith Tidman considers the smart bet for our future.
Men of Steel: Superman vs Übermensch
Roy Schwartz examines whether the world’s first superhero really was inspired by Nietzsche’s ‘superior man’, and what the Nazis have to do with it.
Should Kant Be Canceled?
Mark Couch wonders where we should draw the line with historical thinkers.
Harmony & Cancellation Culture
Erica Stonestreet asks, are we too quick these days to break off relationships?
C.L.R. James (1901-1989)
David Austin on the life in writing of a philosopher of the dispossessed, and cricket.
INTERVIEWS
David Chalmers
David Chalmers leaves behind the hard problem of consciousness for an adventure tour of computer-simulated worlds and virtual reality. Paul Doolan interviews him about his new book, Reality+: virtual worlds and the problems of philosophy.
LETTERS
Letters
Spinoza a Sephardi, not a Symbol • Adding It All Together, Or Not • Buddhist Reactions • Animals in Original Positions
COLUMNS
Pierre Abélard (1079-1142)
by Terence Green
Philosophers on Play
by Matt Qvortrup
All Your Love is Need
Peter Adamson ponders erotic philosophy in the Renaissance.
Smooching by the Seine
Seán Moran reports from the city of love.
The Philosopher in the Café
Raymond Tallis finds Sartre in bad faith about ‘Bad Faith’.
REVIEWS
Modern Europe and the Enlightenment by Rumy Hasan
Terri Murray asks if liberalism is under attack in Europe.
Kierkegaard and the Question Concerning Technology by Christopher Barnett
Michael Strawser questions Kierkegaard about technology.
Pandora’s Book by David Birch
Steven Campbell-Harris is provoked by ideas.
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
In our ‘classics’ department, James Reynolds says we mustn’t forget Hannah Arendt’s warning.
Tenet
Ștefan Bolea considers the motives of the kind of villain who wants to destroy the world (CONTAINS SPOILERS).
CARTOONS
Phil Witte’s Cartoon (1)
by Phil Witte
Phil Witte’s Cartoon (2)
by Phil Witte
Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
Guto Dias’ Cartoon
by Guto Dias
Wolfgang Niesielski’s Cartoon
by Wolfgang Niesielski
FICTION
Socrates’ Home Life
Lydia Masseron finds out exactly what’s on Xanthippe’s mind.
Cogito ergo sum
by Richard Golah-Ebue