André Weil was a mathematician. His sister Simone Weil was a philosopher. They both thought deeply about the nature and value of mathematics and mathematics education.
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A new book follows four women philosophers through ten of the worst years in the 20th century, spanning 1933, the year Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, to the thick of the second world war.
Simone Weil is one of the 20th century’s most remarkable, paradoxical figures. The Need for Roots, published in the year she died at just 34, is a tour de force of ethics and political philosophy.
Whether it is the war in Ukraine or other devastating news, people find it hard to sustain their attention. A scholar who studies crisis fatigue explains why that is so and what we can do.
The philosopher Simone Weil offers an illuminating perspective for our work life.
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Acting Executive Dean, Faculty of Theology & Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Philosophy, University of North Dakota
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Professor of Mathematics, Colby College
