Miseducation of America 26. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) Powerful forces are actively hostile to the college ideal. They deny the need for an educated citizenry. Higher education, they insist, is not a human right…ShareTweetPowerful forces are actively hostile to the college ideal. They deny the need for an educated citizenry. Higher education, they insist, is not a human right… [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Rancière Now: Current Perspectives on Jacques Rancière 26. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) 2014.06.36 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Oliver Davis (ed.), Rancière Now: Current Perspectives on Jacques Rancière, Polity, 2013, 250pp., $22.95 (pbk), ISBNShareTweet2014.06.36 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Oliver Davis (ed.), Rancière Now: Current Perspectives on Jacques Rancière, Polity, 2013, 250pp., $22.95 (pbk), ISBN [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
If you could get one question answered, what would you ask? 25. June 2014 Paul Pardi News (0) What question would a group of philosophers ask an angel if they could ask only one question?ShareTweetWhat question would a group of philosophers ask an angel if they could ask only one question? [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Defining Rape I: Definitions 25. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) One of the basic lessons of philosophy dating back to at least Socrates is that terms need to be properly defined. Oversimplifying things a bit, a good definition needs to avoid being too narrow andShareTweetOne of the basic lessons of philosophy dating back to at least Socrates is that terms need to be properly defined. Oversimplifying things a bit, a good definition needs to avoid being too narrow and [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Ethics at the Beginning of Life: A Phenomenological Critique 25. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) 2014.06.35 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews James Mumford, Ethics at the Beginning of Life: A Phenomenological Critique, Oxford University Press, 2013, 212pp., $110.00ShareTweet2014.06.35 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews James Mumford, Ethics at the Beginning of Life: A Phenomenological Critique, Oxford University Press, 2013, 212pp., $110.00 [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Ebook v. paper 25. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) It’s the new two-cultures divide: paper vs. ebook. Whether you’re a skimmer, skipper, or completist, the schism is about what it means to read…ShareTweetIt’s the new two-cultures divide: paper vs. ebook. Whether you’re a skimmer, skipper, or completist, the schism is about what it means to read… [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Citizen Bezos 25. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) Jeff Bezos: prescient, ruthlessly competitive, hard to peg, has more influence than anyone else over the future of reading. What does he want?….ShareTweetJeff Bezos: prescient, ruthlessly competitive, hard to peg, has more influence than anyone else over the future of reading. What does he want?…. [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
The Long Goodbye 25. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) Sentimental Education or sentimental evasion? Flaubert’s novel is a “negative bildungsroman,” a tale of unlearning. Michael Wood explains…ShareTweetSentimental Education or sentimental evasion? Flaubert’s novel is a “negative bildungsroman,” a tale of unlearning. Michael Wood explains… [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of Animals 25. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) 2014.06.34 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Jason A. Tipton, Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of Animals, Springer, 2014, 207pp., $129.00 (hbk), ISBNShareTweet2014.06.34 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Jason A. Tipton, Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of Animals, Springer, 2014, 207pp., $129.00 (hbk), ISBN [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear
Moral Dilemmas 24. June 2014 Philosophy News News (0) [Revised entry by Terrance McConnell on June 24, 2014. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Moral dilemmas, at the very least, involve conflicts between moral requirements. Consider the casesShareTweet[Revised entry by Terrance McConnell on June 24, 2014. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Moral dilemmas, at the very least, involve conflicts between moral requirements. Consider the cases [More] RSS | Podcasts | Twitter | Facebook | Kindle | Gear