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Introducing SHAPE: Q&A with Sophie Goldsworthy and Julia Black (part one)

26. February 2021 Philosophy News News

OUP is excited to support the newly created SHAPE initiative—Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts for People and the Economy. SHAPE has been coined to enable us to clearly communicate the value t [More]

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Texas: Working as Intended

26. February 2021 Philosophy News News

While the Texas storm might strike some as unusual, a similar event occurred in 2011 and scientists knew that such a severe storm could occur. While the explanations of the failures that made the disa [More]

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René Girard’s one-liners: Nietzsche was “so wrong that, in some ways, he’s right”; Sartre, “too even-keeled to become a true genius”

26. February 2021 Philosophy News News

René Girard’s one-liners: Nietzsche was “so wrong that, in some ways, he’s right”; Sartre, “too even-keeled to become a true genius” [More]

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The Technological Mediation of Morality: Explained

25. February 2021 Philosophy News News

3D Ultrasound - Does this change our moral perception of the unborn child?People have been talking about the death of privacy for at least three decades. The rise of the internet, mass surveillance an [More]

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Dear Abby, Dear Prudence, Ask Polly - we've reached Peak Advice. But are readers getting anything from all the edification?

25. February 2021 Philosophy News News

Dear Abby, Dear Prudence, Ask Polly - we've reached Peak Advice. But are readers getting anything from all the [More]

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Fairness & Transgender Athletes II: Category Changing

24. February 2021 Philosophy News News

In my previous essay I set the stage for discussing the concern about people switching competition categories to gain something. It is to this matter that that I now turn. The Sickle Cell 5K in Tallah [More]

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Borges, Le Guin, Daniel Keyes — the best philosophical fiction prickles your conscience and knocks your moral sense askew

24. February 2021 Philosophy News News

Borges, Le Guin, Daniel Keyes — the best philosophical fiction prickles your conscience and knocks your moral sense [More]

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Pankaj Mishra styles himself an outsider against an irredeemable establishment. But increasingly he finds himself in the mainstream

23. February 2021 Philosophy News News

Pankaj Mishra styles himself an outsider against an irredeemable establishment. But increasingly he finds himself in the [More]

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Pankaj Mishra styles himself an outsider lashing an irredeemable establishment. But increasingly he finds himself in the mainstream

23. February 2021 Philosophy News News

Pankaj Mishra styles himself an outsider lashing an irredeemable establishment. But increasingly he finds himself in the mainstream [More]

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A Romantic-era notion holds that science kills wonder. The work of Alan Lightman only multiplies it

23. February 2021 Philosophy News News

A Romantic-era notion holds that science kills wonder. The work of Alan Lightman only multiplies [More]

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