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Cambridge launches Institute for Technology and Humanity

21 Nov 2023

A major interdisciplinary initiative has been launched that aims to meet the challenges and opportunities of new technologies as they emerge, today...

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Joao Costa surrounded by children in Guinea-Bissau

Making peace

08 Nov 2023

Enterprising Mind Jo茫o Costa has turned a philosophical idea into a practical tool for resolving real-world conflict.

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New, handwritten Maimonides texts discovered at Cambridge 探花直播 Library

11 May 2023

900-year-old paper fragment verified as the handwriting of legendary philosopher Maimonides.

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Interfering in big decisions friends and family take could violate a crucial moral right, philosopher argues

25 Jan 2023

We have a moral duty to allow others to make 鈥榯ransformative choices鈥 such as changing careers, migrating and having children, a new study argues...

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Wiping down the countertop

Men may not 鈥榩erceive鈥 domestic tasks as needing doing in the same way as women, philosophers argue

22 Dec 2022

By adding a gender dimension to the theory of 鈥渁ffordance perception鈥 and applying it to the home, a new hypothesis may help answer questions of why...

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探花直播philosopher who wants us to think deeply about ordinary things

15 Dec 2021

Nikhil Krishnan, winner of a 2021 Pilkington Prize for outstanding teaching, says that what he loves about teaching is what he loves about philosophy...

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Dr Lucy McDonald at St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge

Philosopher鈥檚 thumbs-down to social media 鈥榣ikes鈥 gets award thumbs-up from Royal Institute

12 May 2021

探花直播Royal Institute of Philosophy has awarded (jointly) its 2021 essay prize to a 探花直播 of Cambridge researcher for the first philosophical...

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Magdalene College discovers a treasure trove of women鈥檚 intellectual history

08 Mar 2021

探花直播collection comprises 47 books and pamphlets owned and annotated by the philosopher Mary Astell (1666鈥1731), viewed by many as 鈥渢he first English...

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Bridging the divide: philosophy meets science

12 Jul 2018

A unique three-year project to bridge the divide between science and philosophy 鈥 which embedded early-career philosophers into some of Cambridge鈥檚...

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Detail from William Harvey's De motu cordis (experiment confirming direction of blood flow)

Blood and bodies: the messy meanings of a life-giving substance

03 May 2018

A collection of essays explores understandings of a vital bodily fluid in the period 1400-1700. Its contributors offer insight into both theory and...

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Science fiction vs science fact: World鈥檚 leading AI experts come to Cambridge

10 Jul 2017

Some of the world鈥檚 leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will gather in Cambridge this week to look at...

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Inaugural $100,000 Nine Dots Prize winner chosen from more than 700 worldwide entries

31 May 2017

James Williams, a 35-year-old doctoral candidate researching design ethics at Oxford 探花直播, has been announced as the inaugural winner of the $...

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