The History of Philosophy in English
In his new history of philosophy in English Witcraft Jonathan Rée rejects the ‘condescending smugness’ of traditional histories. Rée is in conversation with Julian Baggini and Andrew Pyle.
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Tag: Reason & rationality
Why you shouldn’t be a Stoic
This edition of the microphilosophy newsletter looks at a Confucian challenge to Stoicism.
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Existentialism Today
A microphilosophy podcast recorded at one of my series of Philosophy Salons at St Georges, Bristol. My guests were Kate Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Webber.
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Comparing apples and oranges
My 12 February newsletter on the pitfalls of supposedly precise language
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David Hume: The Greatest Historian
Philosophy deprives itself of valuable resources when it turns its back on history, and so also history is of limited use if we don’t apply its lessons to philosophy. The humanities are always stronger when they work together, not in hermetically sealed departments.
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