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Simon Winchester authored "The Meaning of Everything." Links: Philosophy, Books 
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The internet site “Dropping Knowledge” was founded in the summer by film director Ralf Schmerberg, film producer Cindy Gantz, and Jackie Wallace, trustee of the Wallace Global Fund. Links: Philosophy, Internet
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2004 Jan 9 |
Norberto Bobbio (94), an Italian liberal philosopher, essayist and senator for life, died in Turin. One of his most important books is the 1955 "Politica e Cultura" ("Politics and Culture"). A 1994 essay, called "Destra e Sinistra" ("Left and Right"), was his best-selling work. Links: Italy, Philosophy
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2004 Jun 13 |
Author and academic Stuart Hampshire, a former chairman of the department of philosophy at Princeton University who argued that philosophy must be studied within the context of other disciplines, died in Oxford, England. His books included "The Freedom of the Individual." Links: Britain, Philosophy, Writer
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2004 Oct 8 |
Jacques Derrida (74), one of France's best-known philosophers and the founder of the deconstructionist school, died of cancer in Paris. Links: France, Philosophy
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2005 Jan 4 |
Robert Heilbroner (b.1919), author of the 1953 economics classic “Worldly Philosophers,” died. Links: Philosophy, Writer
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2005 May 20 |
Paul Ricoeur (92), a French philosopher whose broad interests included biblical interpretation and the study of human perception, died. Links: France, Philosophy
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2005 May 25 |
In Italy a judge ordered best-selling author Oriana Fallaci to face trial on charges of defaming Islam in her recent book "The Strength of Reason." Fallaci, who is in her 70s, said she is accused of violating an Italian law that prohibits "outrage to religion." Links: Italy, Philosophy, Writer
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2005 Sep |
Henrik Syse (39), professor of philosophy, began work as in-house ethicist for Norway’s Petroleum Fund. His books included “Paths to a Good Life: Philosophical Reflections on Everyday Ethics.” Links: Philosophy, Norway
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Julian Baggini authored “What’s It All About: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life.” Links: Philosophy, Books
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Rudy Rucker authored “The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life and How to Be Happy. Links: Philosophy, Books
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Rodney Stark authored “The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success.” Links: Philosophy, Books
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2006 Sep 12 |
Joan Valerie Bondurant, former spy and UC prof. of political science, died in Tucson, Az. She had translated documents for the CIA in India where she met Gandhi and grew fascinated by satyagraha, a thesis of nonviolent resistance. Her books included “Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict” (1958). Links: USA, India, Philosophy, Arizona, CIA, Espionage
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2006 Sep 19 |
Sam Harris published his polemic ”Letter to a Christian Nation.” It was a philosophical attack on the basic tenets held by all major religions. Links: USA, Philosophy, Books, Religion
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Ronald W. Dworkin, anesthesiologist and philosopher, authored “Artificial Happiness.” Links: USA, Philosophy, Medical, Books
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Joshua Foa Dienstag authored “Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit.” Links: USA, Philosophy, Books
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Michael Frayn authored “The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of the Universe.” He addressed the question: How much of man’s conception of the world is made up by man? Links: Philosophy, Books, Religion
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton philosopher, authored “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers.” Links: USA, Philosophy, Books
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2007 Mar 6 |
Jean Baudrillard (b.1929), French philosopher and social theorist, died. He was best known for his writings on gender relations and consumerism. Links: France, Philosophy, Writer, Sociology
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2007 Jun 8 |
Richard Rorty (b.1931), philosophy professor, died in Palo Alto, Ca. His books included “Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature” (1979). In 2008 Neil Gross authored “Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher.” Links: USA, Philosophy, SF Bay Area, Biography
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2007 Oct 21 |
Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (86), a Jewish religious philosopher, died at his home in Basel, Switz. He had escaped the Nazis and became a European bridge-builder between Christians and Jews. Links: Switzerland, Philosophy, Jews
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2007 |
Sharon Begley authored “Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Power to Transform Ourselves.” Links: USA, Philosophy, Brain, Books
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2007 |
Nicholas Fern, British journalist, authored “The Latest Answers To the Oldest Questions.” Links: Britain, Philosophy, Books, Journalism
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2007 |
Douglas Hofstadter authored “I Am A Strange Loop,” an examination of consciousness. Links: USA, Philosophy, Books
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Charles Taylor, Canadian philosopher, authored “A Secular Age,” a discussion of the weakening of religion’s power in Western history. Links: Canada, Philosophy, Books, Religion
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Hugo Slim authored “Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War.” Links: USA, Philosophy, Books
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2008 |
Genevieve Lloyd authored “Providence Lost,” a work of intellectual history in which the author attempts to restore some of the lost continuities that connect modern philosophy to its ancient sources. Links: USA, Philosophy, Books
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2009 Jan 11 |
Arne Naess (b.1912), Norwegian philosopher, writer and mountaineer, died. He was best known for launching the concept of "deep ecology," promoting the idea that Earth as a planet has as much right as its inhabitants, such as humans, to survive and flourish. Links: Environment, Earth, Philosophy, Writer, Norway
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2009 Mar 16 |
Bernard d’Espagnat (87), French physicist and philosopher, was named in Paris as the winner of this year’s $1.42 million Templeton Prize. Links: France, Philosophy, Physics
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2009 Jul 17 |
Leszek Kolakowski (b.1927), Polish-born Oxford philosopher and historian of ideas, died in Oxford. “We Learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are.” His work included the 3-volume series “Main currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution” (1976). Links: Britain, Poland, Historian, Philosophy, Quote
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2009 |
Simon Critchley authored “The Book of Dead Philosophers,” a series of essays exploring nearly 200 thinkers. Links: USA, Philosophy, Books
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2010 |
Oren Harman authored “The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness.” George Price (d.1975), American scientist, exhausted his generosity at age 52 by slashing his own throat with a pair of scissors. Links: USA, Philosophy, Books
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2011 |
James Miller authored “Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche.” Links: Philosophy, Books
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2011 |
Michael Gazzaniga authored “Who’s In Charge: Free Will and the Science of the Brain.” Links: USA, Philosophy, Brain, Books
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2012 |
Jim Holt authored “Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story.” Links: Philosophy, Books
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