“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
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- People speak of gaslighting quite often these days. So much so that I sometimes wonder if its the crime of our times which goes unregulated by law. Of course, part […]
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- Below is the audio recording of Richard J. Arneson’s Presidential Address Address, given at the 2018-2019 Pacific Division Meeting. The talk is titled “Individual Well-Being and Social Justice”, and it […]
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- The philosopher believes the liberal left’s pursuit of meritocracy has betrayed the working classes. His new book argues for a politics centred on dignityMichael Sandel was 18 years old when […]
- Jean-Paul Enthoven forgave Raphaël for relationship with Carla Bruni but autobiographical novel too muchIs it possible to know anything, philosophers have pondered for centuries. In the case of two heavyweight […]
- A German university is offering scholarships to students willing to explore ‘active inactivity’. In an overly utilitarian age, it could be on to somethingEver since Max Weber spotted the role […]
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- The broadcaster and scientist talks about her new guide to humanism, her opposition to classroom prayers and the government’s handling of Covid-19Prof Alice Roberts, the broadcaster, scientist and author, has […]
- New books try to lighten up the intimidating reputation of Germany’s ‘most difficult’ philosopherIn March 1807, aged 36, a towering giant of German philosophy was struggling to come to terms […]
- French philosopher who denounced the tyranny of digital technologyBernard Stiegler, who has died suddenly aged 68, first robbed a bank in 1976, to pay off his overdraft. At the time, […]
- Covid gives us an opportunity to weigh up what truly belongs and what can be left back in the life before the plagueThis is part of a series of essays […]
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- G.E. Moore, who championed common sense, was an influential philosopher. But a great one? Probably not
- Walter Gropius achieved fame by passing off Lucia Moholy’s work as his own. Meanwhile, she lived in poverty
- The “encrappification” of America. From the Veg-O-Matic to Beanie Babies, the nation has a long, wasteful history of loving cheap stuff
- If Christopher Hitchens were still around, what would he make of the world today? Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie discuss
- In the ’60s, predictive voter analytics was taken as science fiction, as dystopian, as a scandal. Now we meekly accept it
- Before Robin DiAngelo, there was Harriet Beecher Stowe. Both reveal the limits of reading in pursuit of social justice
- Disease in the time of Defoe. In 1722 he offered advice: Avoid excessive eating and drinking, and restore humoral balance
- For Vivian Gornick, feminism was a new way of interpreting the world. Then, around 1980, she returned to literature
- The tech gurus tell us that the future of higher ed is adaptive tutors, chatbots, AI, and virtual reality. They’re wrong
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