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Philosophy on the Timeline
Philosophy on the Timeline The other day, I went to a new acupuncturist. We got to talking, I and the nice young man who’d been assigned to me for my initial session. From the forms I filled out as a … Continue reading
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Philosophy and Philosophy
Philosophy and Philosophy In recent months, I’ve been reading books that — if I weave them together — bestow overviews of two major branches of philosophy: Analytic Philosophy and Continental Philosophy. They have dominated the field for the last hundred … Continue reading
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