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Being: A Study in Ontology

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2025/02/08

2025.02.7 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Peter van Inwagen, Being, Oxford University Press, 2023, 320pp., $105.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780192883964. Reviewed by D.T.J. Bailey, University of Colorado at Boulder Peter van Inwagen has written an excellent monograph on the metaphysics of existence. Anyone seriously interested in the subject can expect to learn […]The post Being: A Study in Ontology appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Plato on Knowledge in the Theaetetus

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2025/02/07

[Revised entry by Sophie-Grace Chappell and Francesco Verde on February 7, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] This article introduces Plato’s dialogue the Theaetetus (section 1), and briefly summarises its plot (section 2). Two leading interpretations of the dialogue, the Unitarian and Revisionist readings, are contrasted in section 3. Sections 4 to 8 explain and […] The post Plato on Knowledge in the Theaetetus appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Wordsworth & Darwin

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2025/02/07

Christine Avery wonders whether poetry can help us to deal with science. The post Wordsworth & Darwin appeared first on Philosophy News.

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The Smart Shoppers

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2025/02/07

Joe R.R. Angelitis overhears a heated political discussion in aisle fifty-one. The post The Smart Shoppers appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Guto Dias’ Cartoon

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2025/02/07

by Guto Dias The post Guto Dias’ Cartoon appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Pythagoras (570-495 BCE)

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2025/02/07

Daniel Toré looks beyond the mathematician to the philosopher. The post Pythagoras (570-495 BCE) appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Dr. Gindi

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2025/02/07

Dr. Gindi, sculptor, has a philosophical conversation with Richard Baron about sensation, life, infinity and, you guessed it, sculpture. The post Dr. Gindi appeared first on Philosophy News.

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We Need To Talk

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2025/02/07

by Rick Lewis The post We Need To Talk appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Junio Browning’s Cartoon

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2025/02/07

by Junio Browning The post Junio Browning’s Cartoon appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Simon & Finn

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2025/02/07

by Melissa Felder The post Simon & Finn appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Einstein’s Philosophy of Science

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2025/02/02

[Revised entry by Don A. Howard and Marco Giovanelli on February 2, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) is well known as the most prominent physicist of the twentieth century. His contributions to twentieth-century philosophy of science, though of comparable importance, are less well known. Einstein’s own philosophy of science […]The post Einstein’s Philosophy of Science appeared first on Philosophy News.

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What is Structural Injustice?

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2025/02/02

2025.02.16 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Jude Browne and Maeve McKeown, What is Structural Injustice? Oxford University Press, 2024, 304pp., $115.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780198892878. Reviewed by Tamara Jugov, Technische Universität Dresden Reviewed by Tamara Jugov, Technische Universität Dresden The concept of structural injustice is at the core of many current […] The post What is Structural Injustice? appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Kant and the Problem of Nothingness: A Latin American...

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2025/02/01

2025.02.17 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla, Kant and the Problem of Nothingness: A Latin American Study and Critique, Bloomsbury, 2024, 208pp., $39.95 (pbk), ISBN 9781350277816. Reviewed by Morganna Lambeth, California State University Fullerton Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla’s 1965 work, Kant and the Problem of Nothingness, has been published […] The post Kant and the Problem of Nothingness: A Latin American Study and Critique appeared first on

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The Possibilism-Actualism Debate

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2025/01/31

[Revised entry by Christopher Menzel on January 31, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] Actualism is a widely-held view in the metaphysics of modality that arises in response to the thesis of possibilism. To understand the motivations for possibilism, consider first that most everyone would agree that things might have been different than they […] The post The Possibilism-Actualism Debate appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Bradley’s Regress

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2025/01/31

[Revised entry by Katarina Perovic on January 31, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] “Bradley’s Regress” is an umbrella term for a family of arguments that lie at the heart of the ontological debate concerning properties and relations. The original arguments were articulated by the British idealist philosopher F. H. Bradley, who, in his work […] The post Bradley’s Regress appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Martin Heidegger

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2025/01/31

[New Entry by Mark Wrathall on January 31, 2025.] [Editor’s Note: The following new entry by Mark Wrathall replaces the former entry on this topic by the previous author.] Martin Heidegger (1889 – 1976) is a central figure in the… The post Martin Heidegger appeared first on Philosophy News.

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APA Member Interview: Derek Estes

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2025/01/31

Derek Estes teaches philosophy and theology in Pepperdine University’s Religion and Philosophy Division. He is also in his final year at Saint Louis University where he is completing a joint PhD in the Department of Philosophy and the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics. What is your earliest memory of philosophy? I had basically […] The post APA Member Interview: Derek Estes first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post APA Member Interview: Derek Estes appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Omelas Escape Room: Energizing the Classroom ,...

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2025/01/30

Introducing foundational ethical theories can be a dreaded task for instructors; thwarting off cultural relativism and fielding questions such as “Yeah, but does this REALLY matter?” However, I am always excited to have the opportunity to challenge my students, most of whom have never taken a philosophy course before, to evaluate their deeply held convictions […] The post Omelas Escape Room: Energizing the Classroom , Kathryn Petrozzo first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post Omelas Escape Room:

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The 49th Parallel: Canadian Philosophy and American...

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2025/01/30

In the weeks leading up to his second inauguration as U.S. President, Donald Trump began talking about “annexing” several countries, including Panama, Greenland, and Canada. Mercifully, he would clarify in a January 7th press conference that while he would consider using military force against Greenland and Panama, he would rely only on “economic force” to […] The post The 49th Parallel: Canadian Philosophy and American Imperialism first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post The 49th Parallel:

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Schelling’s Late Philosophy in Confrontation with Hegel

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2025/01/30

2025.01.15 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Peter Dews, Schelling’s Late Philosophy in Confrontation with Hegel, Oxford University Press, 2023, 344pp., $120.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780190069124. Reviewed by Kyla Bruff, Carleton University Questions concerning the differences between Schelling’s and Hegel’s philosophical systems have always been of intense interest. This has been the […] The post Schelling’s Late Philosophy in Confrontation with Hegel appeared first on

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