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Minds that are free to doubt
On Trust
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A manual of model behaviour
Models as Mediators
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Observation, meaning and theory
For and Against Method
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Power made weak by pedantry
Powers of Freedom
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Searching for me, Me*, or I?
Models of the Self
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Voodoo and the monster of science
Conquest of Abundance
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What Indian philosophers mean by 'meaning'
Semantic Powers
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First impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a philosopher-novelist set in a religious community: " Dora Greenfield left her huband...
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Higher channels
John Davies on the broadcasting week ahead (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Robot designers learn a lot from the way ants, geckos, lobsters, snakes, spiders and a host of other...
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What price idealism?
For idealistic young students, volunteer work abroad may seem attractive. But one organisation, which has recruited in UK universities, stands accused of exploiting such idealism for unscrupulous...
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Making a monkey of the left
E. O. Wilson was branded sexist and racist, but his science is now considered mainstream. Tim Cornwell reports on the 25th anniversary of Sociobiology, the book that launched a discipline In the last...
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Blair's capital hearing aides
With the election of new Labour, has Oxford's traditional role as a source of political advice diminished? Harriet Swain asks if the LSE is 'the new Oxford' Good news, academics. Your country needs...
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Cerebral escape for sex workers
Anne Sebba reports on a degree course that has prostitutes turning student instead of turning tricks Two nights a week, three women drive a little Suzuki van around the poorest streets of...
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Scottish websites 'not up to scratch'
The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals wants Pounds 1 million to improve university websites in a bid to staunch the fall in Scotland's share of the overseas student market. In a...