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Philosophers' Corner: Gender Bias in Academic Philosophy?
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Topics are arranged alphabetically in the INDEX. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Gender Bias in Academic Philosophy? This appeared in The Guardian. Only 25% of philosophy posts in UK universities are occupied by women. So what, if anything, should be done to redress the balance? Does philosophy have a problem with women? Mary Warnock, philosopher and writer. How can the balance be redressed? Seems to stop being interesting just when it starts to be professional. Julian Baggini, philosopher and writer. I have been...
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Philosophers' Corner: August 2015
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Topics are arranged alphabetically in the INDEX. Thursday, August 20, 2015. The Dearth of Women in Philosophy. Martha Nussbaum in 2008. What is the explanation for this peculiarity, and should it be a matter of concern? Another of our teachers was blunter. “Women are no good at philosophy”, he told one of my female friends, who understandably left the field to forge a career as a distinguished journalist. Read it all here. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Philosophy Professors on "Irrational Man". 160;and Chris...
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Philosophers' Corner: Alexis de Tocqueville’s Reflections on America
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Topics are arranged alphabetically in the INDEX. Monday, July 6, 2015. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Reflections on America. Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot."- Alexis de Tocqueville. Some readers of the text treat its author as a “ classical liberal. 8221; who loved parliamentary government and loathed the extremes of democracy. More often, the text is treated as a brilliant grand commentary on the decisive historical significance for old Europe of the rise of the new American republ...
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Philosophers' Corner: January 2015
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Topics are arranged alphabetically in the INDEX. Friday, January 30, 2015. Dreyfus on Metaphysics and Phenomenology. Hubert Dreyfus (age 85). Hubert Lederer Dreyfus is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His interests include phenomenology. And the philosophy of both psychology and literature, as well as the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence. Dreyfus is especially known for his exegesis of Martin Heidegger. Here is an interview.
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Philosophers' Corner: September 2014
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Topics are arranged alphabetically in the INDEX. Saturday, September 27, 2014. Alice C. Linsley. Kierkegaard refers to biblical Abraham as a “knight of faith” and sees him as the embodiment of his existentialist philosophy. For Kierkegaard, true individuality comes through surrendering one’s individuality. Abraham discovers his meaning in the cosmos through losing himself in God, but when one tries to explain this to another person, the explanation seems absurd. 8221; In this statement, Kierkegaard expre...
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Philosophers' Corner: Philosophers Discuss Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
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Topics are arranged alphabetically in the INDEX. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Philosophers Discuss Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The US. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Reveals a lack of clarity as to what marriage is. The Court's language suggests that the equality of civil unions requires calling two distinct things by the same name: marriage. Described by George Orwell? Norway has had "registered partnerships" since 1993. In Denmark “registered partnerships” were f...It is cle...
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Philosophers' Corner: June 2015
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Topics are arranged alphabetically in the INDEX. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Philosophers Discuss Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The US. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Reveals a lack of clarity as to what marriage is. The Court's language suggests that the equality of civil unions requires calling two distinct things by the same name: marriage. Described by George Orwell? Norway has had "registered partnerships" since 1993. In Denmark “registered partnerships” were f...It is cle...
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Philosophers' Corner: April 2015
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Topics are arranged alphabetically in the INDEX. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Plato: A Heart Fixed on Reality. Plato: copy of portrait bust by Silanion. When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to the twilight world of change and decay, it can only form opinions, its vision is confused and its beliefs shifting, and it seems to lack intelligence. Plato (429–347 BC). Not in the first generation',...
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