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    The McMaster Department of Philosophy has now put together the following notice commemorating Barry: Barry Allen: A Philosophical Life Barry…

NEH names philosopher Martha Nussbaum the 2017 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities

The NEH press release is here.  Will President Trump attend?  One doubts it!

ADDENDUM:  A list of past Jefferson Lecturers–I see only three previous philosophers (Sidney Hook, Leszek Kolakowski, and Stephen Toulmin).   Republican Administrations have typically favored humanists with "conservative" reputations–this may be a challenge for Trump, since so many conservative scholars opposed him!  (I'd bet money on signatories to this statement being good candidates for Jefferson Lecturer and a National Humanities Medal, at least until Trump's impeachment.)

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