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Foucault and Lasch are rarely read as kindred thinkers. Yet they help to explain how we became so fixated on identity

23. October 2021 Philosophy News News

Foucault and Lasch are rarely read as kindred thinkers. Yet they help to explain how we became so fixated on [More]

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What killed The Believer? For starters: financial distress, a scandal involving the editor, and callous mismanagement

22. October 2021 Philosophy News News

What killed The Believer? For starters: financial distress, a scandal involving the editor, and callous [More]

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Is Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn” a mournful elegy to artistic devotion or — as a new book argues — a malicious catcall?

22. October 2021 Philosophy News News

Is Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn” a mournful elegy to artistic devotion or — as a new book argues — a malicious [More]

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What killed The Believer? Financial distress, a scandal involving the editor, and callous mismanagement, for starters

21. October 2021 Philosophy News News

What killed The Believer? Financial distress, a scandal involving the editor, and callous mismanagement, for [More]

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Alonzo Church

21. October 2021 Philosophy News News

[New Entry by Harry Deutsch and Oliver Marshall on October 21, 2021.] Alonzo Church (1903 - 1995) was a renowned mathematical logician, philosophical logician, philosopher, teacher and editor. He was [More]

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Metaphysical Explanation

21. October 2021 Philosophy News News

[New Entry by Andrew Brenner, Anna-Sofia Maurin, Alexander Skiles, Robin Stenwall, and Naomi Thompson on October 21, 2021.] Explanation comes in many forms. Scientific explanations typically concern [More]

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Should the university be a political engine for radical ends? The idea horrified Robert Nisbet, chronicler of academic dogma

21. October 2021 Philosophy News News

Should the university be a political engine for radical ends? The idea horrified Robert Nisbet, chronicler of academic [More]

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David Graeber, who died last year, left a final gift: a wildly singular history of the past 30,000 years

20. October 2021 Philosophy News News

David Graeber, who died last year, left a final gift: a wildly singular history of the past 30,000 [More]

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David Graeber, who died last year, left a final gift: a wildly different history of the past 30,000 years

20. October 2021 Philosophy News News

David Graeber, who died last year, left a final gift: a wildly different history of the past 30,000 [More]

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What explains the Elizabeth Hardwick revival? Her uncompromising style? Her near-incomprehensible metaphors?

19. October 2021 Philosophy News News

What explains the Elizabeth Hardwick revival? Her uncompromising style? Her near-incomprehensible [More]

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