Plato, Pluto Persephone and PC
In Spite of Plato
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Resurrecting the maths
The Philosophy of Mathematics
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Sullogismos preferred
Aristotle's Rhetoric - Metaphysics, Books Z and H
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Taking folk psychology seriously
Subjects of Experience
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The will to logic?
Nietzsche's Metaphysics
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Towering inference
Kinds of Minds
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Awards
BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY The Cognitive Psychology Award 1996 was presented to Koen Lamberts of the University of Birmingham for his research on how individuals categorise objects under time...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Duncan Maskell, microbiologist at Imperial College, London, has been appointed to the Marks & Spencer professorships of farm animal health, food science and food...
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Grants
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY European funds Dr N. Paul, Pounds 176,047 from the European Commission (effects of UV-B on sensitive European ecosystems); Professor B. Wynne and Dr S. Shackley, Pounds 152,000...
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Honorary degrees
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES David Dilks, vice chancellor of the University of Hull, has been awarded an honorary degree by the academy in recognition of his work on the history of 19th and 20th...
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Swift response to the uncertainty principle
Consortia are coalescing around new distribution channels that threaten old ways of delivering information. Consortia are very much a la mode in North American librarianship. Developments in...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a bishop with no faith in reality: "For after all, what deserves the first place in our studies, is the consideration of God, and our duty; which to promote, as it...
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Emotions trapped
The Wellcome Trust has split Pounds 800,000 for research into neurological disorders between five institutions, including the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford,...
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Queen's banned IRA victim
The spectre of terrorism has returned to haunt Queen's University, Belfast, in spite of the precarious peace that still persists in the province. Two weeks ago Sean Devlin was shot dead in front of a...
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Pulped days, blurred nights
Booze, buddies, boogie and boredom. Chris Johnston samples the ups and downs of freshers' week. University administrators may think freshers' week is for helping new students settle into unfamiliar...