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
David Chalmers – Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science at New York University – defined the distinction between real and apparent consciousness at a conference in Tucson, Arizona in 1994.
From BBC • May 25, 2025
Mrs. Reilly reached down next to her chair and picked from the floor the large volume of The Consolation of Philosophy.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing philosophy
All You Need is Love: Amor and Phil
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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