Anthony O’Hear: In 2011 it is hard not be disturbed Darwin’s casual reference to the elimination of endless numbers of lower races, and even more by the way this sort of thinking was taken up by his followers such as Haeckel and von Treitschke, who in turn influenced Hitler. Moreover the remark in question is all of a piece with the teaching of The Descent of Man, even if more forcefully expressed.
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THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY 2011-2012 London Lectures: Philosophy & Sport.
Steven Connor: the nature of chance and luck in sports. 5.45pm at 14 Gordon Square. 10 Feb 2012. For details: The Royal Institute of Philosophy.
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By Roger Berkowitz, Juliet du Boulay, Denis Boyles, Stan Carey, H.R. Haxton, Allen M. Hornblum, Alan Macfarlane, Anthony O'Hear, Andrew Sinclair, Harry Stein, Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, and many others. Free access.
· Hugh Chisholm
· Elliott Coleman
· Robert Coover
· Ethel Dilke
· Anthony Howell
· Ann Lauterbach
· Lawrence Markert
· Myra Sklarew
· Martin Sorrell
· William Stafford
· James Thomson [B.V.]
· Paul Verlaine
· Michelene Wandor
· Stephen Wiest
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A dilemma for educators:
Philosophy and the public impact.
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Michelene Wandor on Derek Walcott and the T.S. Eliot Prize.
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Nick Lowe: the true-blue Basher shows up for a friend.
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