Upbeat views to hoot about
The Owl of Minerva
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Thoughts on fine art and freedom
Schiller as Philosopher
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Of the man and his masks
Spinoza and Spinozism
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An exercise in exorcism
Sweet Dreams
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Take a seat, then consider this simple sentence
Truth and Predication - Truth, Language, and History
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Will liberty lead us to an internal market?
Stakes and Kidneys
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Entwined serpents injure and heal
Catharsis
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Scandal of unsolved problems
The Inescapable Self
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel by a Nobel laureate: "It was Thursday, Miss Millington's afternoon off, and Mr Stone had to...
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Laurie Taylor column
From: The Office of the President (formerly Vice-Chancellor) Subject: Nomenclature Revision As you may be aware, Warwick University has decided to break away from centuries of tradition and rename...
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Leader: It's time to act on contract staff
When the Association of University Teachers held its annual meeting on fixed-term staff last week, one workshop proved particularly popular. It was the session dedicated to preparing for July 10,...
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Leader: High cost of a prose job
What amounts to cheating? When is help for students too much help? The answers are not clear, as the latest row over the "spoon-feeding" of students shows. Providing students with lists of...
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Just a black-and-white issue? 1
Unlike your previous correspondents on black-white IQ differences (Letters, March 31), we are specialists on this subject. For nearly 100 years, the data have shown that in dozens of studies...