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Joao Costa surrounded by children in Guinea-Bissau

Making peace

08 Nov 2023

Enterprising Mind João 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 University Library

11 May 2023

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

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Two people speaking, sat at a table

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 ‘transformative choices’ such as changing careers, migrating and having children, a new study argues...

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Wiping down the countertop

Men may not ‘perceive’ 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 “affordance perception” and applying it to the home, a new hypothesis may help answer questions of why...

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The 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’s College, Cambridge

Philosopher’s thumbs-down to social media ‘likes’ gets award thumbs-up from Royal Institute

12 May 2021

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

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Magdalene College discovers a treasure trove of women’s intellectual history

08 Mar 2021

The collection comprises 47 books and pamphlets owned and annotated by the philosopher Mary Astell (1666–1731), viewed by many as “the 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 – which embedded early-career philosophers into some of Cambridge’s...

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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’s leading AI experts come to Cambridge

10 Jul 2017

Some of the world’s 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 University, has been announced as the inaugural winner of the $...

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Maintaining Brain Health

Opinion: Neuralink wants to wire your brain to the internet – what could possibly go wrong?

03 May 2017

A company in Silicon Valley claims to be developing a "whole brain interface” for communicating wirelessly with the world. Christopher Markou...

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