The happy logic of a just feast
A New History of Western Philosophy
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Rothko's year in provenance
The Artist's Reality
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When imagination runs wild, it can cause confusion
According to Hume, the ideas of the imagination differ from perceptual impressions only in their degree of vivacity. In Mindsight , which is inspired by Sartre and Wittgenstein, Colin McGinn sets out...
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Bloody battle is hard to swallow
Imperial Hubris
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Writing's on the wall for US culture
Wall Street
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Special words with a beauty all of their own
The Singularity of Literature - Peculiar Language
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Apostle eagerto dip into the other side
Henry Sidgwick: Eye of the Universe
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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 work that helped to popularise sociobiology: "Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it...
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Time for a pregnant pause in progress?
On Being Born and Other Difficulties
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Smooth sailing on endless hostile sea
What is History? and other Essays
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Happy endings for heart and soul
Cities of Words
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Bit of this (or that) for you (or I)
Reflecting the Mind
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Lego and professor click over research
An academic's love of Lego has led to an unusual research collaboration with the toy's Danish maker. Lego is funding David Gauntlett, professor of media and audiences at Bournemouth University, to...
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Deliver pay deal, union warns
The Association of University Teachers is to name and shame universities that it argues have been slow to implement the new pay framework for academics, as frustration grows that the majority of...