A.W. Moore is professor of philosophy at Oxford. The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things appeared earlier this year.
One can believe in moral progress without accusing past ages of wickedness or stupidity (though there is plenty of both in all ages). Perhaps progress can occur only through a series of historical stages,...
Proust’s Swann is obsessed by what he doesn’t know about Odette. His anguish has no remedy; finding out more only adds to what he does know about her. Since Kant, lots of philosophers...
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