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On the imminent increase in UK university tuition fees

Posted on 4 November, 2010 by Simon

…says so here (at the BBC’s news site). There’s an excellent article about what this all means here (by Stefan Collini, writing in the London Review of Books). As he concludes: What is at stake here is not primarily the … Continue reading →

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On the value of philosophy

Posted on 1 November, 2010 by Simon

Following on from my recent posts about Howard University’s proposal to scrap its philosophy department, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s and Richard Dawkins’ failure to publicly support that department, I thought I’d write a few words about the value of philosophy … Continue reading →

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