Exploring free speech and corporate power: Sydney Jordan
Jordan found inspiration for her thesis from a course on free speech in the internet age. Continue Reading →
Category: Philosophy
“Doing science,” rather than “being scientists,” more encouraging to those underrepresented in the field
Over the course of a school year, elementary school children lose confidence that they can “be scientists,” but remain more confident that they can “do science,” finds a new psychology study by researchers at New Continue Reading →
“Doing science,” rather than “being scientists,” more encouraging to girls, new research shows
Asking young girls to “do science” leads them to show greater persistence in science activities than does asking them to “be scientists,” finds a new psychology study by researchers at New York University and Princeton Continue Reading →
GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIPS awarded
Two faculty members and a visiting lecturer have received 2016 fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in recognition of their excellence in scholarship or creative work. The fellowships were awarded to Daniel Garber, Continue Reading →
A RISKY PROPOSITION: Has global interdependence made us vulnerable?
RISK IS EVERYWHERE. There’s a risk, for example, that volcanic ash will damage aircraft engines. So when a volcano erupted in Iceland in April 2010, concerns about the plume of volcanic ash disrupted air travel Continue Reading →
Philosophical differences: What does physics tell us about the real world?
IN COLLEGE, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY Hans Halvorson was dismayed by the idea of having to choose between science and the humanities, so he blazed his own path, combining philosophy with physics and mathematics. Why are Continue Reading →
Kripke by John Burgess
Saul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more. His early masterpiece, Naming and Necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary Continue Reading →
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