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Where did the phrase “yeah no” come from?

3. March 2019 Philosophy News News

I’ve noticed myself saying “yeah no.” The expression came up in a class one day, when I had asked students to bring in examples of language variation. One student suggested “yeah no” as an example of not-quite standard California English. The post Where did the phrase “yeah no” come from? appeared first on [More]

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IFL2: Chapters on propositional natural deduction

2. March 2019 Philosophy News News

Thanks to the kindness of strangers — not to mention some friends and relations (special thanks to The Daughter) — I have an improved version of the four chapters on propositional natural deduction for IFL2. Here they are. (Exercises to be … Continue reading → The post IFL2: Chapters on propositional natural deduction appeared first on Logic [More]

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Isaac Newton’s interest in alchemy was long regarded as an embarrassment. Now it's seen as the very foundation of all his endeavors

2. March 2019 Philosophy News News

Isaac Newton’s interest in alchemy was long regarded as an embarrassment. Now it's seen as the very foundation of all his [More]

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Justus Lipsius

1. March 2019 Philosophy News News

[Revised entry by Jan Papy on March 1, 2019. Changes to: Bibliography] The humanist and classical scholar Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (1547 - 1606), described by his admiring correspondent Michel de Montaigne as one of the most learned men of his day (Essays II.12), was the founding father of Neostoicism, a key component of European thought in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His famous and widely read Stoic dialogue De constantia [More]

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Hartry Field. Science Without Numbers: A Defense of Nominalism 2nd ed

1. March 2019 Philosophy News News

FieldHartry. Science Without Numbers: A Defense of Nominalism 2nd ed.Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-877792-2 (pbk). Pp. vi + 56 + vi + [More]

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APA Member Interview: Ben Bayer

1. March 2019 Philosophy News News

by Sabrina D. MisirHiralall Ben Bayer is a fellow and instructor at the Ayn Rand Institute and an adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He received his Ph.D. ... Read [More]

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How to become the most successful art thief ever? No violence, no midnight break-ins, no dash to a getaway car

1. March 2019 Philosophy News News

How to become the most successful art thief ever? No violence, no midnight break-ins, no dash to a getaway [More]

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Professeur(e) en philosophie moderne

28. February 2019 Philosophy News News

Job List: Americas Name of institution: Faculté de philosophie - Université Laval Town: Québec Country: Canada Job Description: Appel de candidatures : Professeur ou professeure en philosophie moderne La Faculté de philosophie de l’Université Laval souhaite combler un poste de professeur(e) régulier au rang d’adjoint en philosophie moderne. Les auteurs visés par ce concours sont, notamment : Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz et Locke, avec une compétence complémentaire éventuelle dans l’un des courants suivants : les penseurs des Lumières, de l’Aufklärung et de l’Enlightenment, et l’empirisme anglais. Description du [More]

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Barry Lam Awarded a Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship for 2019–2020

28. February 2019 Philosophy News News

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Barry Lam, associate professor of philosophy at Vassar College, has been awarded a 2019–2020 Whiting Foundation ... Read [More]

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Teleological Notions in Biology

28. February 2019 Philosophy News News

[Revised entry by Colin Allen and Jacob Neal on February 28, 2019. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] The manifest appearance of function and purpose in living systems is responsible for the prevalence of apparently teleological explanations of organismic structure and behavior in biology. Although the attribution of function and purpose to living systems is an ancient practice, teleological notions are largely considered ineliminable from modern biological sciences, such as evolutionary biology, genetics, medicine, ethology, and psychiatry, because they play an important explanatory [More]

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