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Islam & Philosophy
The Mirror & the Flame
Rebwar Fatah imagines Attar’s & Hegel’s shared path.
Islam & Philosophy
Love & Emptiness in the Sufi Tradition
Medha Ninad Tambe meditates on Rumi, love and self-negation.
The Prayer the Machine Cannot Pray
Adnan Abbasi uses medieval metaphysics to understand modern AI.
Islamic Law, Reform & Philosophy
Oliver Leaman looks at philosophical problems related to basing law on religion.
Life Sacrifice
Yossra Hamouda on the murder of compassion & the act of mass murder.
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Regulars
Editorial: The Collective City
by AmirAli Maleki
News: April/May 2026
Jürgen Habermas, a crucial critical theorist • Susan Haack, a sage of philosophy and law • On Liberty was co-authored by HTM & JSM — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Articles
Why Do People Hate Hypocrisy?
Emrys Westacott argues that it’s not usually the hypocrisy itself that we hate.
Is Comedy Good for Us?
Damaris Stock has a laugh with Plato and friends.
A Memetic Analysis of Narratives & Conspiracies
Ignacio Gonzalez considers how memes replicate into conspiracy theories.
In Defense of Idleness
Wendell O’Brien says, ‘Just Don’t Do It’.
The Hedgehog’s Dilemma: A Metaphor About the Challenges of Human Intimacy
Krishna Chaubey explains Arthur Schopenhauer’s poignant thought experiment.
Xenophon (c.430-355 BC)
Hilarius Bogbinder looks at the life of the other biographer of Socrates.
Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Skiing
by Matt Qvortrup
Philosophical Haiku: William Paley (1743-1805)
by Terence Green
The Art of Living: Four Roles That Shape Life
Massimo Pigliucci considers persona development.
Tallis in Wonderland: Heidegger’s Ghost
Raymond Tallis wonders where Heidegger’s body went when he was philosophising.
Reviews
The Entanglement by Alva Noë
Luka Zurkic considers how art and philosophy affect life.
Free and Equal by Daniel Chandler
Philip Badger critiques a Rawlsian idea of a good society.
Leaving Nothing to Chance by Carl Knight
Alistair Duff asks if people should be compensated for bad luck.
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon
Brian Johns goes cosmic.
Fiction
What do I have to fear, have I ever diminished by dying?
by Zahra Rashid
