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Theodore Kisiel, professor emeritus of philosophy at Northern Illinois University, has died. Kisiel joined the faculty of Northern Illinois University in 1969. Prior to that, he worked Canisius College. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Duquesne University. Professor Kisiel was well-known…
The odds are the remains of most space junk that re-enters will end up in the ocean or somewhere uninhabited and never be found. Sergei Savostyanov/TASS #18SPCS has confirmed the reentry of the IPM 3/PERSEY (#50505, 2021-133A) at 13:08 PDT…
Philosophy departments tend to rely on double-majors for enrollments. As Eric Schwitzgebel (Riverside) wrote in 2018: Discussion welcome. Inside Higher Ed reports that one “point of contention between administration and faculty is the actual number of philosophy majors. UNK administration…
Along with AT&T, Verizon had previously expected to flip the switch on C-band on Jan. 5, but both agreed to a last-minute deal with the Federal Aviation Administration to delay its activation for two weeks. In that time, all parties…
One of the other free games Switch Online subscribers can download is Tetris 99, a battle royale-style spin on the classic puzzler. It recently hosted a new Maximus Cup event featuring an unlockable theme based on Mario Party Superstars. Nintendo Explore…
Let them not say: it was not spoken, not written.We spoke,we witnessed with voices and hands. LET THEM NOT SAYby Jane Hirshfield Let them say, as they must say something: Such an uncommon ante-obituary for our time is what poet and…
The prize includes 00 and publication of the paper in Oxford Studies in Epistemology. The prize is administered by Tamar Szabó Gendler (Yale) and is one of several philosophy prizes sponsored by the Marc Sanders Foundation. You can learn more about the…
Cofnas’s take on that issue is ultimately based on his claim that “Jews are overrepresented in all intellectual movements and activities that are not overtly anti-Semitic primarily because they have high mean IQs” (Cofnas, p.1331). This is part of his…
It has no shapebut can take any shape It has no color,but can be any color. Complement Almost Nothing, yet Everything — a worthy belated addition to the loveliest children’s books of 2021 — with the Scottish mountaineer and poet…
There’s a beautiful scene in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where the other magical schools arrive to compete in the Triwizard Tournament held at Hogwarts. Hundreds of lit candles hang magically in the air. But in the…
Long before she became America’s preeminent philosopher, having arrived as a refugee, Hannah Arendt (October 14, 1906–December 4, 1975) was a young Jewish woman in Nazi-inflamed Germany, in love with an improbable beloved, writing a doctoral thesis about love that…