Philosophy

...versus Siena at The Palestra, a game that is part of the Philly Hoop Group Classic, matches schools that share a philosophy when it comes to stopping the other team: Defense is best played hard and fast, and for the entire length of the...

In this article: Norm Roberts, Big East, Atlantic Coast Conference, Georgia Tech, and Fran McCaffery

...legislative matters. These were politically motivated obstructions, not thoughtful debates on the nominees' character or judicial philosophy. In the midst of a filibuster of Priscilla Owen's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

In this article: Harry Reid, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Jeff Sessions, and Bob Bennett

...the Epicureans and the skeptics? Posted November 25, 2009 at 12:03 p.m. The Epicureans and the skeptics were two more schools of early philosophers. Similar to the word, "stoic," these were also words that survived 2,000 years and made it...

In this article: Epicurus, Cicero, Lucretius, Plutarch, Jesus Christ, Pain and suffering, God, and Imagine

...down the offer saying he was happy in Fayetteville, but the NCAA couldn't find another candidate and came back to the modest, unassuming philosophy scholar. "One of the advantages you have as a senior administrator in all organizations...

In this article: NCAA, Myles Brand, Recession, Pancreatic cancer, Kansas State, Montana State, Indianapolis, and Fayetteville

...adding that "most of them have had no meaningful education, but they have time for it now that they are in prison." Perkins plans to study philosophy at Oxford. Daniel Shih, who resides in Aurora, is a senior political science major at...

In this article: Rhodes Scholarship, Oxford, Wesleyan University, Stanford University, Gender studies, and University of Oxford

...- Toby Ord, the Oxford academic who has pledged to donate a million pounds to charity over the course of his career. Dr Ord, a moral philosopher, will give away more than a third of his GBP33,000 salary this year (leaving him with...

In this article: Oxford, Mung bean, Cappuccino, Inflation, Tin, and Balliol College

...Sinofsky said in an interview at this week's Professional Developers Conference. Windows boss Steven Sinofsky said his Windows philosophy boils down to a single word--responsibility. "There's not another project in software to work on that...

In this article: Microsoft, CNET, Ina Fried, Testosterone, Potato, and Internet Explorer 9

...such as opposition leader Francois Bayrou. The angst reached an altogether more profound stage, an existential crisis even, when philosophers were asked their opinion on the situation, which, by now, had become "une affaire d'etat". Alain...

In this article: Thierry Henry, Albert Camus, World Cup, France, Jean-Paul Sartre, Republic of Ireland, Alain Finkielkraut, and Paris

...2009-10 "Philosophy Today" lecture series, which features four experts throughout the year discussing controversial and provocative philosophical topics. Thomasson received her graduate and doctorate degrees in philosophy from the...

In this article: University of Miami, E mail, College of Arts and Sciences, and University of California

...programs on radio and TV typically reach a point where they say, 'We'll have to leave that to the philosophers'. It's as if when one gets to the philosophical issues one has hit bedrock. But it's not bedrock, it's the level where you...

In this article: John Perry, Stanford University, California, New York, Suicide, Overpopulation, Global warming, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting