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Lucretius

17. October 2018 Philosophy News News

[Revised entry by David Sedley on October 17, 2018. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Titus Lucretius Carus (died mid to late 50s BCE) was an Epicurean poet of the late Roman republican era. [More]

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The Brainstorm Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

17. October 2018 Philosophy News News

by Cory Johnson I’ve always felt like a rookie when it comes to philosophy. I grew up in a blue-collar home where work was done ... Read [More]

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Teaching Gen Ed Students the Value of Philosophy

17. October 2018 Philosophy News News

by Andrew P. Mills The news of philosophy departments under threat is disturbingly familiar to many of us. We bemoan the latest news of the elimination ... Read [More]

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Wissenschaftliche MitarbeiterInnen (Postdocs und DoktorandIn)

17. October 2018 Philosophy News News

Job List: Europe Name of institution: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover , Stiftung [More]

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Categories for the Working Philosopher

17. October 2018 Philosophy News News

2018.10.17 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Elaine Landry (ed.), Categories for the Working Philosopher, Oxford University Press, 2017, 471pp., $100.00 (hbk), ISBN [More]

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Sotheby's and spectacle. Banksy’s autoshredding stunt reinforces how contemporary art is not so much about art but the documentation of an event

17. October 2018 Philosophy News News

Sotheby's and spectacle. Banksy’s autoshredding stunt reinforces how contemporary art is not so much about art but the documentation of an [More]

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Art and Belief

16. October 2018 Philosophy News News

2018.10.16 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Ema Sullivan-Bissett, Helen Bradley, and Paul Noordhof (eds.), Art and Belief, Oxford University Press, 2017, 256pp., $67.00 [More]

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Misleading job-market materials?

16. October 2018 Philosophy News News

In the comments section of our job-market discussion thread, Dr. X writes: There should be a discussion of the types of misleading information to avoid putting on one's CV. An example that everyone [More]

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A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance

16. October 2018 Philosophy News News

by Nayef Al-Rodhan The duality mind-body has ancient roots in philosophy, most notably with Plato, Descartes and others. In dualism, mind and body are ... Read [More]

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Formal Theories of Truth

16. October 2018 Philosophy News News

2018.10.15 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews JC Beall, Michael Glanzberg, and David Ripley, Formal Theories of Truth, Oxford University Press, 2018, 138pp., $20.95 (pbk), [More]

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