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The radicalized university. Manifestos grow like mushrooms, but scholarship that isn’t promoting some form of social justice is an odd fit

1. October 2021 Philosophy News News

The radicalized university. Manifestos grow like mushrooms, but scholarship that isn’t promoting some form of social justice is an odd [More]

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The new literary memoir is less confessional and less cathartic than its predecessor, and more invested in pushing the limits of the form

30. September 2021 Philosophy News News

The new literary memoir is less confessional and less cathartic than its predecessor, and more invested in pushing the limits of the form [More]

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Hello - how should we respond when we argue that certain behaviours in past eras

30. September 2021 Philosophy News News

Ethics History Read another response about Ethics, HistoryShare Hello - how should we respond when we argue that certain behaviours in past eras were immoral or unjust, only to be criticised for viewing historical events through contemporary eyes, ie. what seem like unsavoury actions such as Genghis Khan's massacres, the torture of 'unbelievers', or even Henry VIII's cruel dispatching of some of his wives, simply reflected the norms and zeitgeist of the times and, therefore, cannot be judged in any way as [More]

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"To my own retroactive surprise, I seem to have a taste for controversy," says Steven Pinker. Why does everyone want to argue with him?

29. September 2021 Philosophy News News

"To my own retroactive surprise, I seem to have a taste for controversy," says Steven Pinker. Why does everyone want to argue with [More]

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Conspiracy Theories & Not Reading it Right

29. September 2021 Philosophy News News

The American right is now largely defined by various debunked conspiracy theories such as the big lie about the 2020 election and, of course, those involving all things COVID. While some conspiracy theories are intentionally manufactured by those who know they are untrue (such as the 2020 election conspiracy theories) it does seem possible that [More]

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The Arabian Journal of Geosciences publishes hundreds of peer-reviewed papers. Why are so many of them nonsense?

29. September 2021 Philosophy News News

The Arabian Journal of Geosciences publishes hundreds of peer-reviewed papers. Why are so many of them [More]

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“Show me a scholar who claims that science can explain all of literature, and I will show you someone who is performing schtick”

28. September 2021 Philosophy News News

“Show me a scholar who claims that science can explain all of literature, and I will show you someone who is performing [More]

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Game Theory and Ethics

27. September 2021 Philosophy News News

[New Entry by Keith Hankins and Peter Vanderschraaf on September 27, 2021.] [Editor's Note: The following new entry by Keith Hankins and Peter Vanderschraaf replaces the former entry on this topic by the previous [More]

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Abortion, Women & the Right

27. September 2021 Philosophy News News

For years, the right has been passing anti-choice laws in the hope they will end up in the Supreme Court and lead to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Alabama passed such a law. More recently, Texas passed a diabolically clever law crafted to effectively ban abortion . My adopted plague land state of Florida [More]

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For readers, E.M. Forster was a stately, mild-mannered bachelor with a staid personal life. When he came out as gay, many felt betrayed

27. September 2021 Philosophy News News

For readers, E.M. Forster was a stately, mild-mannered bachelor with a staid personal life. When he came out as gay, many felt [More]

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