Robert P. Wolff '53-'54, a philosopher who co-founded Harvard's Social Studies concentration, plays the viola. Wolff died in January at 91.By Courtesy of Tobias Barrington Wolff Robert P.

Matthew Duncombe has recieved funding from the British Academy, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, the Royal Institute of Philosophy, the EU Erasmus+ Staff Mobility scheme and the Spanish Ministry ...

These percentage of marks for eligibility may be relaxed by 2% for PwBD candidates in case of shortage of PwBD candidates against vacancies reserved for them.

In the midst of death and permanent loss caused by the Los Angeles area fires, compassion is a key factor, said UC Riverside’s John Martin Fischer, distinguished professor of philosophy. How can one ...

Earth is a bright spot of value in the cosmos, in other words, in part because it contains human beings who, driven by curiosity and a non-instrumental desire to address hard questions, attempt some ...

Originally published on Jan. 13, 2025. Seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes has the reputation of being a bit of a curmudgeon. He is most famous for his bleak description of human nature ...

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn’t just a spectator sport. It requires engaging with one another and arguing with each other, and ...

As a philosopher who researches the moral and political questions raised by AI, I see three main pathways for integrating AI into politics, each with its own mixture of promises and pitfalls.

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