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Stanford’s "Philosophy Talk" duo answer life's tough questions on Facebook

philosophy_talk.jpgPhilosophy Talk is a radio program with an attitude – an attitude that philosophy is more than a mandarin pastime for unworldly academics.  Its agenda is ambitious: "I want to affect public life. There's a place for us," said Professor Kenneth Taylor, co-host for the program. "I want more philosophy."

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: a publishing model ahead of its time and definitely ahead of Wikipedia

plato.jpgThe SEP is an online trove of academically rigorous thinking on subjects as diverse as race, ethics, children's rights, and torture. It was conceived in 1995, and is accessed about 700,000 times per week by readers around the world.

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