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“The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life.”…
philosophybits: “The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life.” — Oscar Wilde, A Woman...
Sharing Thoughts: Philosophical Perspectives on Intersubjectivity and Communication
This welcome collection addresses the question of how to individuate thoughts and their constituents, concepts, to explain intersubjective phenomena such...
Spinoza on the Human Perspective
In the 1960s, Alexandre Matheron and Louis Althusser portrayed Spinoza as an anti-humanist thinker who rejected the idea of a...
Aesthetics and Race
[New Entry by Monique Roelofs on September 22, 2026.] Aesthetics and race constitute areas of experience, evaluation, and historical practice...
2024 Eastern Division Dewey Lecture: Sixty Years of Philosophy in America
Below is the audio recording of Ernest Sosa’s John Dewey Lecture, “Sixty Years of Philosophy in America,” given at the...
“It is impossible for there to be propositions of ethics. Propositions can express nothing that is…”
“It is impossible for there to be propositions of ethics. Propositions can express nothing that is higher. It is clear...
“No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.” —…
philosophybits: “No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.” — Seneca, Moral Letters to...
“Reading is like exercise. You have to go a little bit beyond what you’re comfortable with, a little bit more than you can really do”
“Reading is like exercise. You have to go a little bit beyond what you’re comfortable with, a little bit more...