Tag Archives: Philosophy

Why study philosophy?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Britt Holbrook

The #1 reason listed by the University of Southern California: it pays. Undergraduate > School of Philosophy > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Now, I won’t go so far as to call this fact … Continue reading →

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Re-engineering Ethics, Kelli Barr and Wenlong Lu « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Keith Brown

CSID fellows Kelli Barr and Wenlong Lu just published a thoughtful piece at the Social Epistemology Review & Reply Collective. They consider a recent professional meeting that they attended and the implications of having a diverse crowd of trained experts … Continue reading →

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Bernanke to Economists: More Philosophy, Please – Businessweek

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Keith Brown

Less economics and more philosophy… On Monday, Ben Bernanke wasn’t talking like a scientist. He was talking like a philosopher. “The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well-being,” he said. To a … Continue reading →

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New Editorial at Springer by Luciano Floridi

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Keith Brown

Sometimes, we may forget how much we owe to flakes and wheels, to sparks and ploughs and to engines and satellites. We are reminded of such deep technological debt when we divide human life into prehistory and history. That significant threshold is there … Continue reading →

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Hobbes: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Keith Brown

A new book is out on Thomas Hobbes and our current political situation. This is an interview with the author, Prof. Ted H. Miller: Nature (and nature’s architect) had fallen short. With the right science, human beings could become the … Continue reading →

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