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This year's crop includes the usual eclectic mix of talent. There are scholars, like historians Suzanne Lebsock of Rutgers and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich of the University of New Hampshire. There are creative artists, among them choreographer Twyla Tharp. There are social activists, including Janet Benshoof, a campaigner for women...
To check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, "Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." The question asked, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies by opening his essay with "David Hume...
THE ARTFUL EQUIVOCATION is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us take our earlier typical examination question. "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit to the age in which he lived?" the equivocator would answer it is this way: "Some people...
The British philosopher Bertrand Russell said in the 1950s that the Australians' laconic mode of living could "point the way to a happier destiny for man throughout the centuries to come." Australians may finally be developing the sort of culture that could match Russell's utopian vision. They are waking...
Rawls, a world-renowned philosopher, and authorthis year to teach the course.