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• n  a specialist in philosophy
• n  a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

• If you would like to watch philosophers squirm and who wouldn't? pose this tough question: Suppose you may either a) solve a major philosophical problem so conclusively .
• From his cool and shabby room behind the mellowed walls of Rome's Convent of the Little Company of Mary, the 80-year-old philosopher spoke sparingly last week of things beyond .
• At 84, William Ernest Hocking isas he himself has saidsomething of a "solitary fighter" among philosophers.

News & Articles

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• Using Brain Signals To Read Emotions
  Charles Darwin believed that emotions give a purpose to humans - by helping them communicate and survive. In 1884 the American philosopher and psychologist William James said an exciting fact would lead directly to a physiological response which was known to us as emotion.
  June 25, 2013 - Forbes
• Movies opening Friday
  Byzantium (R) Residents of a coastal town learn the secret shared by two mysterious women seeking shelter at a local resort. Hannah Arendt (not rated) A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
  June 25, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Dan Dennett Expects Smart Drugs, New Role for Churches
  “Thinking is hard,” says philosopher Daniel Dennett, who has spent his long career pondering tough questions involving consciousness, free will, atheism and evolution.
  June 24, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Forbes
  To paraphrase Stephen Colbert, that great philosopher, this administration doesn't make decisions based on facts, it makes facts based on decisions,Clinton said to laughter. "By ignoring or manipulating science the Bush administration is...
• Dennis Hastert in USA Today
  In the summer of 1974, America did not need a philosopher-king or a warrior-prince, an aloof aristocrat or a populist firebrand,Hastert said. "We needed a healer. We needed a rock. We needed honesty and candor and courage. We needed Gerald...
• Rowan Williams in ic Wales
  Saying he was "being mischievous", Dr Williams added: "Our culture is one that deeply praises science, so we assume because someone is a good scientist, they must be a good philosopher. My inner jury is out on that." "As religious people,...