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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Nagel’s Comparison and Contrasting of Philosophy and Mathematics
{Last revised May 31, 2017} Today’s post is one in a series, devoted for now to Thomas Nagel’s What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy,* a series constituting the Introduction to Philosophy Initiative presented to the … Continue reading
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Nagel’s Comparison and Contrasting of Philosophy and Science
(Last Revised May 18, 2017} In today’s post, I begin our systematic engagement with Thomas Nagel’s What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy,* the first step in the Introduction to Philosophy Initiative introduced in “Announcing the … Continue reading
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The “Table of Contents” for the “After Aristotle Introduction to Philosophy Initiative”
This post lists the titles of and links to the posts I publish in the series, the “After Aristotle Introduction to Philosophy Initiative,” devoted to Thomas Nagel’s What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy (New York … Continue reading
Announcing the After Aristotle Introduction to Philosophy Initiative
(Last Revised May 18, 2017} Those beginning the study of philosophy, whether on their own or in, say, an introductory college course, face many and varied challenges. One among them is that of dealing with the intrinsic difficulties of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 [1999]). Roger Scruton's An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Philosophy, After Aristotle Introduction to Philosophy Initiative, Simon Blackburn, Simon Blackburn's Think, Think. A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Thomas Nagel's Mind and Cosmos, Thomas Nagel's What Does It All Mean?
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Vallicella on the Liberal Mind-set: A Bit of an Overstatement?
It seems to me that no matter how long I wander away from reading blogs, I find upon returning to blogdom that some things remain the same that perhaps shouldn’t. A case in point: after a long period of being … Continue reading
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