Back Issues
Issue 56
July/August 2006
EDITORIAL
The Big ‘H’
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
HERESY
The Truth about Heresy?
Grant Bartley lays down the law in favour of the ‘right’ sort of heresy.
William of Ockham: Defending the Church, Condemning the Pope 
Ian Smith on why Ockham thought the Pope wasn’t a Catholic.
Fundamentals, Islamists and the West
Imadaldin Al-Jubouri considers how some Muslim fundamentalists justify their aggressiveness – by misreading the Qur’an, among other things.
Phenomenology as a Mystical Discipline
Colin Wilson explores the more provocative side of existentialism.
Spinoza: Cursed be he by day; and cursed be he by night
Three hundred and fifty years ago, Spinoza was excommunicated. This affords Peter Cave the excuse to remind us of this most tolerant philosopher – of his life, metaphysics and humanity.
The End of Suffering
Pleasure for the People! Katherine Power considers whether there should be more opiates for the masses (including opium?), but settles for nuts and seeds.
Heavenly Eviction
John Donnelly reminds us that people are only tenants in Heaven by the grace of God.
OTHER ARTICLES
What is Responsibility?
Hans Lenk relates to different types of responsibility.
Stoicism: Heroic Acceptance
William Lewis tells us the Graeco-Roman way to keep a stiff upper lip.
Biotechnologies: Tweaking Here, Tuning There. Is that all we need?
Following on from last issue’s focus on medical ethics and bioethics, Inmaculada de Melo-Martín says we aren’t thinking deeply enough about what the problems with bioethics really are.
OBITUARIES
Ken Knisely (1957-2005)
George Leaman remembers a friend.
CROSSWORD
Crossword
Our tenth tendentious trial of tenacious talent tacked together by the tongue-twistingly terrifying Deiradiotes.
LETTERS
Opinions on Straussed Out, Thought and Feeling, Fibonacci Sequels, and more...
COLUMNS
Dear Socrates
Our celebrity columnist answers readers’ questions.
Moral Moments: Luck and Punishment
by Joel Marks
BOOKS
Wittgenstein and Judaism by Ranjit Chatterjee
Ralph Blumenau finds Ranjit Chatterjee sympathetic to Wittgenstein’s Jewish side.
The Pornography of Meat by Carol Adams
Lisa Kemmerer agrees with Carol Adams about some of the subliminal assumptions advertisers use to sell their wares.
FILMS
Slacker
Colin Bartie digs the countercultural theme in Slacker and other films by Richard Linklater.
SHORT STORY
Cleft Stick
Adebowale Oriku tells a story about a man who finds it difficult to tell a story.