Lydia Goehr says that the discipline encourages thought and thoughtfulness, and trains students for all sorts of fields.

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Not long ago and in certain small circles of academic life, the word “theory” conveyed a special magic. It signified both sophistication and freedom, elevating its devotees into a rarefied world of ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Defying scholarly norms, he took a hands-on approach to research. To study resilience, he visited the Crow Nation; to explore ...

In an excellent course on the great questions of philosophy, the philosophical psychologist Dan Robinson frames the enterprise of philosophy in terms of the “long debate” about three central questions ...

Amartya Sen, the Nobel laureate and economist, has recommended a list of books. These books offer insights into the world of ...

Political theory and political philosophy are disciplines that interrogate the fundamental principles underlying political life, ranging from the nature and legitimacy of power to the evaluation of ...