In discussing the interconnections of action and character (ethos) in tragedy, Aristotle praises the Greek painter Polygnotos for his “fine depiction of character” (Poetics 1450a27), contrasting his work with that of Zeuxis, who, famous for his realism, does not depict character.…
Why is there something rather than nothing? The fact of existence cannot be explained by an appeal to any beings, since this would assume what it wants to prove.…
In the last 4000 days scientists have discovered more than 4000 new planets. Thousands of other candidate planets are currently being investigated.…
A dress that looks black and blue to one person looks white and gold to someone else. Where one person hears ‘Yanni,’ another hears ‘Laurel’. A bucket of tepid water feels hot to cold hands but cold to hot hands.
Hegel’s philosophy is notoriously difficult, but when I first studied his Phenomenology and Philosophy of Right in the mid 1970s I was struck by a simple idea that is at the core of both works: you can’t be yourself by yourself, but you need others in order to be who you are.…
Hegel has a reputation as a difficult philosopher, and often people treat the complexities of his texts as being due to his intensely systematic aims.…
I remember, as if it were yesterday, the moment I committed to studying Hegel. I was reading the Phenomenology of Spirit cover-to-cover for the first time.…
Hegel’s philosophy is shaped by his extreme systematic ambition: He argues that everything is interconnected, in one system, with one source of intelligibility for everything; and he commits to building his system not on a merely assumed foundation, but on arguments that engage philosophers who disagree, or those who are not already within his system.…
One of the things that I find especially compelling in Hegel is the idea that philosophy should not try to have a direct impact on what there is.…
On June 30th the Higher Education website initially launched with a small selection of 80 online textbooks, with more titles due to be added throughout the following months.…
Higher Education from Cambridge University Press is our new online textbook website, launched in August 2020. In recent months Cambridge University Press has introduced a new set of strategies to support changing teaching and learning needs as higher education institutions prepare for a more digitally driven future in the wake of pandemic.…
For many the lockdown has been an opportunity for thought, reading and writing – perhaps while queuing to enter the supermarket, after putting the kids to sleep, or while pedalling madly on the spot.…
Juneteenth is a not-yet-national holiday that commemorates June 19th, 1865, the day Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced that the Civil War had ended and that enslaved descendants of abducted Africans were now freed.…
Let’s face it – stepping (sitting) in front of a camera has become a staple component of working from home during the global pandemic.…
We humans are funny things, with social norms prescribing action in all kinds of different contexts—norms about how long to hold eye contact, how to defecate, how to use land.
Clearly, a 1-year-old man is young. Moreover, if someone is young at a given time, he is also young 1 second later—youth doesn’t vanish in 1 second.…
Many of us are discovering that working at home for a long stretch can be difficult. Staying productive and motivated is a challenge, and it is not always easy to find a routine to keep things running smoothly.…
Sets are ubiquitous and familiar: children get acquainted with sets of objects surrounding them very early on; secondary school students typically encounter sets of natural numbers and sets of real numbers in their maths curriculum. …
On 4th February Donald Trump delivered what may be his last State of the Union. He is facing a tough election later in the year and it comes as no surprise that his address was chock full of themes to get his base frothing at the mouth, among which was illegal immigration.…
Until 1st March enjoy free access to Robert Erlewine’s full article, ‘Samuel Hirsch, Hegel, and the Legacy of Ethical Monotheism’, published in Vol.…
Cambridge University Press has reached an agreement with the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) to publish their flagship journal, PMLA.…
One of the traditional assumptions of the debate over the ethical status of animals has long been that someone who is committed to reducing animal harm should not eat meat.…
Over its 30 year history, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy has aspired to be a venue for the feminist writing that gives words to experience, articulates the meanings of injustice, and gives those committed to feminist thinking and practice the strength to go on.…
When a "nightmare dressed like a daydream" meets "mad, bad, and dangerous to know..."
Today is the 200th anniversary of Byron's death, the original tortured poet, and the release of @taylorswift13's new album.
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Congratulations to Michael Byers, Aaron Boley and Ignacio Cofone who have been shortlisted for the 2023 Donner Prize.
The award, for the best public policy book by a Canadian, will be announced in May.
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'We are aware that infusion fluids can both save and hurt patients'.
Find out about modern Fluid Therapy in this week's featured author blog by Professor Robert Hahn
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