philosopher
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The secretary’s examples of Western heroism were the Spartans at Thermopylae and the philosopher Socrates, both of whom, he said, illustrate the “Western” willingness to “pay any cost for a cause worthy of his loyalty.”
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Its intellectual roots can be traced to Australian philosopher Peter Singer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Many of those texts were works by Philodemus, an Epicurean philosopher who lived in Herculaneum roughly a century before Vesuvius erupted.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
As long ago as 2003, the Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom invented a thought experiment he dubbed a "paperclip maximiser", in which a superintelligent AI is told to manufacture as many paperclips as it can.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
For the claim to be the duke’s philosopher, see the title page to the Consideratione of 1579; for the claim to be his mathematician, the title page of the De temporum emendatione opinio of 1578.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
You’ll need engineers and coders, but also prelaw and political-science majors to clear the regulatory path, philosophers and marketing majors to write press releases, designers, nutritionists, etc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Two years later, Oxford University philosophers William MacAskill and Toby Ord launched "Giving What We Can," encouraging people to donate at least 10 percent of their income to tackling global poverty.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Chicago, ACT UP’s Gregg Bordowitz became her mentor and professor, and for three years, Rosales immersed herself in learning, becoming obsessed with Gertrude Stein and philosophers like Gilles Deleuze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
James develops his argument using a "physicalist" framework associated with philosophers such as Daniel Dennett.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The philosophers in the audience were scandalized by this claim; Galileo was naturally thrilled to have been vindicated and feted.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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