Histories of philosophy tend either to be prodigious, learned works, like F.C. Copleston's A History of Philosophy, or idiosyncratic tracts of scholarly obfuscation, like Bertrand Russell's A History ...

Taliban bans key university textbooks on women’s rights, human rights and Western philosophy - Some textbooks were written by women while others were deemed ‘incompatible with Islamic sharia’ ...

Dark spots across the sun, men burned at the stake, an all-powerful church that brooks no idea outside its dogma—there is no subject so imbued with drama, intrigue, and fast-paced action as ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information For over 40 years, Philosophy and Rhetoric has published some of the most influential articles on relations between philosophy and ...

In this course, students will practice the skills involved in "critical thinking" - the process by which they develop and support their beliefs and evaluate the strength of arguments. Students will ...

When an animator is sentenced to death by Chairman Mao, Monkey and Pigsy from "Journey to the West" intervene and inspire the depressed filmmaker Featuring digital cutout animation, the meta comedy ...

Dennis Whitcomb is a philosophy professor at Western Washington University and co-wrote one of the shortest philosophy articles ever written. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News) For months, Western ...