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Should the university be a political engine for radical ends? The idea horrified Robert Nisbet, chronicler of academic dogma

21. October 2021 Philosophy News News

Should the university be a political engine for radical ends? The idea horrified Robert Nisbet, chronicler of academic [More]

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David Graeber, who died last year, left a final gift: a wildly singular history of the past 30,000 years

20. October 2021 Philosophy News News

David Graeber, who died last year, left a final gift: a wildly singular history of the past 30,000 [More]

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David Graeber, who died last year, left a final gift: a wildly different history of the past 30,000 years

20. October 2021 Philosophy News News

David Graeber, who died last year, left a final gift: a wildly different history of the past 30,000 [More]

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What explains the Elizabeth Hardwick revival? Her uncompromising style? Her near-incomprehensible metaphors?

19. October 2021 Philosophy News News

What explains the Elizabeth Hardwick revival? Her uncompromising style? Her near-incomprehensible [More]

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“The way Hannah Arendt lived her life will always be more instructive than the ideas she deduced from it.”

18. October 2021 Philosophy News News

“The way Hannah Arendt lived her life will always be more instructive than the ideas she deduced from [More]

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E.O. Wilson evinces a chummy, no-frills view of himself. It's genuine, as well as crucial to his expansive sense of wonder

17. October 2021 Philosophy News News

E.O. Wilson evinces a chummy, no-frills view of himself. It's genuine, as well as crucial to his expansive sense of [More]

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E.O. Wilson evinces a chummy, no-frills view of himself. It's genuine, and crucial to his expansive sense of wonder

15. October 2021 Philosophy News News

E.O. Wilson evinces a chummy, no-frills view of himself. It's genuine, and crucial to his expansive sense of [More]

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The philosopher Myisha Cherry seeks to defend anger — what she calls “Lordean rage” — and to prove Martha Nussbaum wrong

15. October 2021 Philosophy News News

The philosopher Myisha Cherry seeks to defend anger — what she calls “Lordean rage” — and to prove Martha Nussbaum [More]

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Philosophy and Christian Theology

15. October 2021 Philosophy News News

[New Entry by William Wood on October 15, 2021.] [Editor's Note: The following new entry by William Wood replaces the former entry on this topic by the previous authors.] Many Christian doctrines raise difficult philosophical questions. [More]

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Descartes’ Physics

15. October 2021 Philosophy News News

[Revised entry by Edward Slowik on October 15, 2021. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] While Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650) is well-known as one of the founders of modern philosophy, his influential role in the development of modern physics has been, until the later half of the twentieth century, generally under-appreciated and under-investigated by both historians and philosophers of science. Not only did Descartes provide the first distinctly modern formulation of laws of nature and a conservation principle of motion, but he also constructed what would become the most popular theory of planetary motion of the [More]

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