Bacon: An Author Profile
BaconAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Titles like “the father of modern science” get thrown around sometimes as hyperbolic praise, but Bacon earned the compliment more than most […]
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The Great Conversation: Democracy
The Great Conversation: Democracy By Matt McKeown Almost every nation in the world today calls itself a democracy, and almost none agree on how to define the term.
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Hume: An Author Profile
HumeAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown In Hume, the Enlightenment produced a surprising enigma. Born in the early years of the century and dying a little over a
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The Great Conversation: Universal & Particular
The Great Conversation: Universal & Particular By Gabriel Blanchard Here we have, arguably, the single oldest discussion in philosophy. Philosophy as we know it was born in Ionia
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Kierkegaard: An Author Profile
KierkegaardAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Kierkegaard is one of the hardest figures on our Author Bank—and yet widely beloved. Here we have, to put it mildly, an
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The Great Conversation: Necessity & Contingency
The Great Conversation: Necessity & Contingency By Gabriel Blanchard Though the pair may sound abstract, the ideas of necessity and contingency are interwoven with a vast range of
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Montaigne: An Author Profile
MontaigneAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Belief and skepticism strike us as opposites, but paradox is a familiar element in belief. As we know, the sixteenth century was
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The Great Conversation: Idea—Part II
The Great Conversation: Idea—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard The pendulum of Western thought continues to swing between Plato and Aristotle, yet from radically different pivots … Go here
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James: An Author Profile
JamesAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown The work of William James has shaped all later discussions of academic fields from psychotherapy to mysticism. The last third of the
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Pascal: An Author Profile
PascalAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In a career of just over twenty years, Pascal changed the direction of European thought. Born in central France in 1623, Blaise
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