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Legal Interpretation

7. July 2021 Philosophy News News

[New Entry by Mark Greenberg on July 7, 2021.] Legal interpretation involves scrutinizing legal texts such as the texts of statutes, constitutions, contracts, and wills. This chapter introduces the foundational question of what legal interpretation, by its nature, seeks - and competing answers to that question. It goes on to canvas leading substantive theories of legal interpretation and examines in greater depth a few influential theories and difficulties they encounter. Finally, the chapter considers how theories of legal interpretation should be defended and evaluated. 1. Introduction 2. What Legal Interpretation Seeks 2.1 Linguistic [More]

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Poe’s triumph. He made polymathic contributions despite the challenges he faced first as an orphan and then living in debt, with an invalid wife

7. July 2021 Philosophy News News

Poe’s triumph. He made polymathic contributions despite the challenges he faced first as an orphan and then living in debt, with an invalid [More]

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Alice Neel’s career as a struggling typist, stenographer, and painter raises a question: How do broke, self-supporting female artists do it?

7. July 2021 Philosophy News News

Alice Neel’s career as a struggling typist, stenographer, and painter raises a question: How do broke, self-supporting female artists do it? [More]

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Voltaire is said to have consumed 72 cups a day; Balzac ate the grounds directly. Did coffee help cause the Enlightenment?

6. July 2021 Philosophy News News

Voltaire is said to have consumed 72 cups a day; Balzac ate the grounds directly. Did coffee help cause the [More]

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Knowledge, truth, justice — why do we spend so much time arguing over grand abstractions? The answer is rooted in pragmatism

6. July 2021 Philosophy News News

Knowledge, truth, justice — why do we spend so much time arguing over grand abstractions? The answer is rooted in pragmatism [More]

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“The yeoman farmer as patriot and model citizen.” Did the influential books of early America contribute to cultural homogeneity?

5. July 2021 Philosophy News News

“The yeoman farmer as patriot and model citizen.” Did the influential books of early America contribute to cultural [More]

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The Tomorrow War & Time

5. July 2021 Philosophy News News

This contains many spoilers. When I first saw the trailer for The Tomorrow War my thought was “I wonder who that store-brand Chris Pratt is?” When I realized it was the actual name-brand Chris Pratt, my thought was “he must really need money.” Yes, it is exactly that kind of movie. I will start with [More]

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“The yeoman farmer as patriot and model citizen.” Did the influential books of early America contribute to cultural homogeneity?

5. July 2021 Philosophy News News

“The yeoman farmer as patriot and model citizen.” Did the influential books of early America contribute to cultural homogeneity? [More]

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The Logic of Conditionals

3. July 2021 Philosophy News News

[New Entry by Paul Égré and Hans Rott on July 3, 2021.] [Editor's Note: The following new entry by Paul Egre and Hans Rott replaces the The Logic of Conditionals on this topic by the previous author.] This article provides a survey of classic and recent work [More]

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A matter of taste. All responses to art are fundamentally personal, but not all are equally valid

3. July 2021 Philosophy News News

A matter of taste. All responses to art are fundamentally personal, but not all are equally [More]

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