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Early 19th-century America was gripped by a war on science. Edgar Allan Poe battled for both sides

12. June 2021 Philosophy News News

Early 19th-century America was gripped by a war on science. Edgar Allan Poe battled for both [More]

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Helping Nature

11. June 2021 Philosophy News News

On a morning run I came across a sign in the park informing me that the city was “helping nature by controlling invasive plants.” This process involves herbicides and machetes. My adopted city of Tall [More]

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The way we grieve now. For the social-media influencer Amanda Kloots, going offline was never an option, even when the worst happened

11. June 2021 Philosophy News News

The way we grieve now. For the social-media influencer Amanda Kloots, going offline was never an option, even when the worst [More]

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Axiological Futurism: The Systematic Study of the Future of Values

10. June 2021 Philosophy News News

Here's a new paper that I have forthcoming in the journal Futures. This paper has had a long gestation. I wrote it more than two and a half years ago. At the time, I thought it was one of my more inte [More]

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Conscientious Sadism

10. June 2021 Philosophy News News

I've previously argued that sadistic pleasure (in oppressing the innocent) lacks value. But consider a complication. Suppose this time that the sadistic majority are all conscientious utilitaria [More]

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Dave Hickey's idiosyncratic blend of high and low - French theory and California surfing - gave him an unmistakable voice

9. June 2021 Philosophy News News

Dave Hickey's idiosyncratic blend of high and low - French theory and California surfing - gave him an unmistakable [More]

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Neoliberalism

9. June 2021 Philosophy News News

[New Entry by Kevin Vallier on June 9, 2021.] Though not all scholars agree on the meaning of the term, "neoliberalism" is now generally thought to label the philosophical view that a society's political and economic institutions should be robustly liberal and capitalist, but supplemented by a constitutionally limited democracy and a modest welfare state. Recent work on neoliberalism, thus understood, shows this to be a coherent and distinctive political philosophy. This entry explicates neoliberalism by examining the political [More]

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Much has been made of Heidegger’s influence on Arendt. What about her influence on him?

9. June 2021 Philosophy News News

Much has been made of Heidegger’s influence on Arendt. What about her influence on [More]

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Legal Probabilism

8. June 2021 Philosophy News News

[New Entry by Rafal Urbaniak and Marcello Di Bello on June 8, 2021.] Legal probabilism is a research program that relies on probability theory to analyze, model and improve the evaluation of evidence and the process of decision-making in trial proceedings. While the expression "legal probabilism" seems to have been coined by Haack (2014b), the underlying idea can be traced back to the early days of probability theory (see, for example, Bernoulli 1713). Another term that is sometimes encountered in the literature is "trial by mathematics" coined by Tribe (1971). Legal [More]

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18th-century anatomy lessons had one big problem: the stench. Enter Marie-Marguerite Biheron and her perfectly accurate wax models

8. June 2021 Philosophy News News

18th-century anatomy lessons had one big problem: the stench. Enter Marie-Marguerite Biheron and her perfectly accurate wax [More]

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