Observation, meaning and theory
For and Against Method
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Power made weak by pedantry
Powers of Freedom
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Searching for me, Me*, or I?
Models of the Self
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Voodoo and the monster of science
Conquest of Abundance
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What Indian philosophers mean by 'meaning'
Semantic Powers
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Higher channels
John Davies on the broadcasting week ahead (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Robot designers learn a lot from the way ants, geckos, lobsters, snakes, spiders and a host of other...
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What price idealism?
For idealistic young students, volunteer work abroad may seem attractive. But one organisation, which has recruited in UK universities, stands accused of exploiting such idealism for unscrupulous...
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Making a monkey of the left
E. O. Wilson was branded sexist and racist, but his science is now considered mainstream. Tim Cornwell reports on the 25th anniversary of Sociobiology, the book that launched a discipline In the last...
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Blair's capital hearing aides
With the election of new Labour, has Oxford's traditional role as a source of political advice diminished? Harriet Swain asks if the LSE is 'the new Oxford' Good news, academics. Your country needs...
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Cerebral escape for sex workers
Anne Sebba reports on a degree course that has prostitutes turning student instead of turning tricks Two nights a week, three women drive a little Suzuki van around the poorest streets of...
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Smoke-free zone
(Photograph) - Ian Fleming's photograph was one of 300 laid out on the lawn at Magdalen College, Cambridge, this week as part of an art installation for national No Smoking Day. The pictures were all...
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In the news
Howard Newby's election as president of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals last year brought widespread expectations of change. Described as a "visionary" and "thinker", he has long...
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Brno
Czech police detained several people after two men hurled eggs at United States secretary of state Madeleine Albright after she told an audience at Tomas Masaryk University that defence of common...
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Greenville,South Carolina
Bob Jones University, where Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush caused controversy by visiting without dissociating himself from its alleged racist and anti-Catholic attitudes, is to end...
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University reforms loom
Autonomy could be under threat as Whitehall considers reviewing universities' constitutions to ensure tougher procedures for student complaints and appeals. A confidential paper by the Quality...