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Susan Sontag, self-improvement guru. Her goals included better posture, eating less, writing home more, and not publicly criticizing anyone at Harvard

17. January 2019 Philosophy News News

Susan Sontag, self-improvement guru. Her goals included better posture, eating less, writing home more, and not publicly criticizing anyone at [More]

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Kantian Nonconceptualism

17. January 2019 Philosophy News News

2019.01.07 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Dennis Schulting (ed.), Kantian Nonconceptualism, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 332pp., $109.00 (hbk), ISBN 9781137535160. [More]

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Public Philosophy Network call for proposals

17. January 2019 Philosophy News News

The next Public Philosophy Network will take place at Michigan State University October 17-19, 2019. The theme is “Philosophy from All Walks of Life.” Here’s the call for [More]

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[Revised entry by Nir Eyal on January 16, 2019. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Informed consent is currently treated as the core of bioethics. In clinical practice, the doctrine of informed [More]

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Mindscape Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

16. January 2019 Philosophy News News

By Sean Carroll It took me a while to catch on, but I’ve become very excited about the prospects of podcasting as a medium of ... Read [More]

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Unconventional teaching ideas that work: Mindfulness meditation in the philosophy classroom (by Sara Protasi)

16. January 2019 Philosophy News News

Guest post by Sara Protasi, University of Pudget Sound My use of meditation in teaching philosophy has gradually grown out of my own, alas still too sporadic and inconsistent, personal practice. I [More]

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Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

16. January 2019 Philosophy News News

2019.01.05 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Jeff Kochan, Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, Open Book, 2017, 446pp., $28.99 [More]

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The Greatest Possible Being

16. January 2019 Philosophy News News

2019.01.04 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Jeff Speaks, The Greatest Possible Being, Oxford University Press, 2018, 175pp., $45.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780198826811. Reviewed [More]

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Joseph Kaspi

15. January 2019 Philosophy News News

[Revised entry by Hannah Kasher and Moshe Kahan on January 15, 2019. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Harry A. Wolfson once described medieval philosophy as a philosophy "which placed itself [More]

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The Dash -- The Other Side of Absolute Knowing

15. January 2019 Philosophy News News

2019.01.03 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Rebecca Comay and Frank Ruda, The Dash -- The Other Side of Absolute Knowing, MIT Press, 2018, 178pp., $23.95 (pbk), ISBN [More]

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