In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Philosophy now

• 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.
• The Mirror & the Flame
  Rebwar Fatah imagines Attar’s & Hegel’s shared path.
• 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.
• Letters
  When inspiration strikes, don’t bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!
• Four Roles That Shape Life
  Massimo Pigliucci considers persona development.
• The Entanglement
  Luka Zurkic considers how art and philosophy affect life, Philip Badger critiques a Rawlsian idea of a good society and Alistair Duff asks if people should be compensated for bad luck. In our classics review, Brian Johns goes cosmic.
• Nosferatu
  Ștefan Bolea considers two very different artistic approaches to love and death.
• Heidegger’s Ghost
  Raymond Tallis wonders where Heidegger’s body went when he was philosophising.
• Why Do The Evil Still Prosper?
  Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the entrants not included.
• Code of Conduct
  J.C. Michaels contemplates corporate immorality and individual responsibility.