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It’s more important than ever that the U.S. understand China. So why don’t our universities teach Chinese thought?
It is a tall order to try to become wise. And the bad news is that it appears harder than many philosophers have thought.
No comfort in Dennett for detractors of philosophy and humanities research …
A prominent ethicist was recently accused of manipulating younger women into sexual relationships. A philosopher argues that being an ethicist comes with obligations. Otherwise, what is ethics for?
Among the top 50 philosophy departments in the U.S., only four have a member of their regular faculty teaching Chinese philosophy. Why is this problematic?
To mark the start of Black History Month, a Classicist reflects on the inspiration King drew from ancient Greek culture.
Does God exist? Is piety worth it? Can violence be justified? Philosophy can offer a way to engage with these questions on which there are often widely differing beliefs.
What are the pressures on researchers that could lead to misrepresentation of facts? Do the “guardians need a guard”?
Earlier this year, the ethicist Walter-Sinnot Armstrong asked whether philosophers were out of touch with, even contemptuous, of ordinary people and everyday life. The picture he paints isn’t flattering…
The Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was condemned and put to death for “corrupting the youth” of Athens. The same fate is unlikely to meet contemporary philosophers. Indeed, it is much more likely for…
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Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Philosophy, Seton Hall University
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James Monroe Taylor Professor in Philosophy, Vassar College
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Professor of Classics, University of Oxford
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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James McGill Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies, McGill University
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