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Professor O’Grady’s considerate tribute highlights many of David Berman’s admirable qualities. I did not know Berman well personally – I…
Permanecer junto a los griegos. Ética, dialéctica y política en la filosofía temprana de Hans-Georg Gadamer. San Martín: UNSAM Edita…
I’ve only just heard this news and am sorry to read it. I was taught as an undergrad and postgrad…
I taught in the philosophy department (“mental and moral sciences – philosophy”) at TCD in 1977-1979, and so had David…
Incidentally, oral examinations are very common in Denmark. Though I teach philosophy of science, I work in a Math Department,…
As a student of a terminal MA program, I would love to have this opportunity (in this counterfactual situation). It…
A number of critics have argued against extrapolation from Professor Merritt’s study of the Ohio legal market to the national legal market. In her response, Professor Merritt makes some good points, and also several key points with which I disagree. Professor Merritt suggests that an important contribution of her study is providing up-to-date information about…
I never met Alan, sadly, but his work leading the charge in making philosophy of sex “a thing” in contemporary…