Fading star still in dark
Jane Campion
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Huck gets close, but not close enough, to the edge
The Edge of Meaning
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Detached analysis, engaged nihilism
New British Philosophy
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Speak to me, chair
A Conversation with Martin Heidegger
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Artful recipes to put students in the picture
Arguing about Art
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Hard to get grip on slippery icon
Nietzsche, Biology and Metaphor - Nietzsche
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Islam's virtuous states
Alfarabi and the Foundations of Islamic Political Philosophy
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God relies on luck of the draw for support
Epistemic Justification
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Laurie Taylor Column
I see that Imperial College is going to charge top-up fees. Yes, I think I saw a headline about that over the weekend. They are going to charge up to £15,000 a year. Do you think the government will...
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Leader: Academe has much to gain from table talk
People working in higher education will never like league tables. Nor will teachers, policemen or doctors. Any broad-brush rankings contain sufficient anomalies for professionals to argue that fair...
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Leader: We see your problems, but no quick solutions
The Treasury's decision to publish the cross-cutting review of science and research this week - it was completed in March - fuels speculation that its recommendations will find their way into next...
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Who'd make a monkey out of 'first man'?
Is the 7-million-year-old Toumai skull the earliest example of mankind? Palaeontologist Michel Brunet made headlines when he said it was - but not all his colleagues agree. Jane Marshall reports...
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Digs at beer, balls and belly fluff give laureates a laugh
The annual Ig Nobel awards for the oddest research, at which real Nobel prize-winners often cavort on stage, are helping to popularise science. Steve Farrar reports The message left on Chris McManus'...
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There's more to mud than meets the eye
From identifying a dismembered body to investigating Bronze-Age decking, it's all in a day's work for environmental archaeologist Nick Branch. Chris Bunting reports When Nick Branch is on his...
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Maids, exiles, bankers and terrorists break down borders
Steven Vertovec explores the vast, often hidden networks of modern, global diasporas Irish or Italian migrants to the US 150 years ago might have hoped that a letter would reach home weeks after it...