philosophy
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He earned a PhD in Western Philosophy from the University of Tehran.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
Benjamin Matheson, assistant professor at the University of Bern’s Institute on Philosophy, studies collective shame and writes on celebrity apology.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Anthony Gottlieb sums him up in an engrossing biography, “Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes,” writing that “his charismatic gift was to be halting, self-deprecating and imperious all at the same time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
When it comes to insect cyborgs, though, Kristin Andrews, York Research Chair in Animal Minds and Professor of Philosophy at York University in Toronto, thinks the research is already clear enough to go further.
From Salon • May 13, 2025
John Harris gave public lectures, accompanied by experiments, in London from 1698 to 1707, teaching ‘the principles of true Mechanick Philosophy’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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