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Apr 14, 2013

PHILOSOPHY News, Apr 14, 2013

HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher
Salon
If the short list of “failures” of Lovecraft as a writer drives away the average literary critic — who, like the novelist, will want to project some degree of panoptic vision — it's proven fertile ground for the American “speculative realist ...
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Salon

Point / Counterpoint – The motion: science will one day render philosophy ...
The Manitoban
Con: Science cannot, and cannot be allowed to, render philosophy obsolete. One defence is that arguments for science as a reliable means for learning about the world are themselves deeply philosophical. Namely, scientific reliance on information ...
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The Manitoban

Vienna 'Philosophy Night' summons Golden Age ghosts
GlobalPost
Vienna's iconic cafes sought Tuesday to relive their halcyon days of a century ago in a special night of philosophical discussion hosted by 13 thinkers and writers at 13 venues. "There is a great need for philosophy, covering fundamental questions ...
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Book: Pessoa – Philosophical Essays – by Nuno Ribeiro – Review
Portuguese American Journal (blog)
For the first time Pessoa's philosophical writings in English have been published. HisPhilosophical Essays: Critical Edition (First Contra Mundum Press, 2012), edited by Nuno Ribeiro, collects hitherto unpublished philosophical essays and fragments ...
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Portuguese American Journal (blog)

How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life
Metapsychology
There was a time when books by serious philosophers about serious philosophical issues targeted specifically at a non-specialist audience were more common. I'm thinking her of authors like Mortimer Adler and Will Durant. That they are now so rare ...
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Islamic Spirituality Marefat
SpeakingTree (blog)
Spirituality as a philosophy has a long history of five thousand years. In ancient Greece there were great philosophers like Plato and Aristotle whose thinking was spiritual in character. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, spiritualism is the ...
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How the Cubs Explain the Cosmos
New York Times (blog)
Pessoa the Philosopher: How to classify the singular Portugeuse writer and thinker Fernando Pessoa? To a list that would include the categories poet, novelist and essayist, we can now officially add philosopher, with the release of “Philosophical ...
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Restoring America's Homegrown Philosophy
Newswise (press release)
Many philosophers find Pragmatism unpalatable because it questions the significance of the search for permanent answers to perennial problems, an aim so deeply rooted in traditional philosophy. “Classical philosophers are looking for truths that are ...
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Philosopher king for the nanny state | Power Line
By Scott Johnson
Conly is a philosopher for the Age of Obama, out to teach us that we are too foolish (i.e., cognitively inept) to take responsibility for our own choices. Despite what you may suspect, Conly's column is lacking in any hint of irony or satirical intent.
Power Line

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