Philosophy

Alan Hansen: Negative Chelsea Philosophy Reminiscent of Liverpool in '84

21 May 2012

Liverpool legend Alan Hansen believes history will forgive Chelsea's negative tactics in winning the Champions League but cautioned such performances would not bring continued success in the Premier League.

Review of Carlin Romano’s “America the Philosophical�

20 May 2012

By general consent, the great classic of 20th-century American philosophy is John Rawls’ Theory of Justice, which appeared in 1971. Around the same time, a pushy Princeton undergraduate with journalistic ambitions asked the mighty philosopher for an interview, only to be turned away with a gentle Harvard smile.

WELL LIT.: Philosophy primer

18 May 2012

FOR generations, it was a widely accepted scientific truth that “all swans are white�. It was all anyone had ever experienced. It was empirically proven. It was a logical fact. At least until 1697, when the explorer Willem de Vlamingh came across Cygnus atratus in Western Australia.