Philosophy
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Ivan Illich (1983-1984)
Feb 28, 1984
鈥淣ewspeak and Computer Language鈥 Ivan Illich was a theologian, philosopher, historian, and sociologist. Forced to leave Austria during the Second World War because of his mother鈥檚 Jewish ancestry, his family moved to Italy, where he completed school and earned a PhD in [...]
Ronald Dworkin (1981-1982)
Feb 11, 1982
鈥淭he Paradoxes of Equality鈥 Ronald Dworkin was a widely-respected philosopher of law. At the time of his talk, Dworkin was the professor of jurisprudence at Oxford. In his research and teaching, he examined how the law should deal with race, abortion, euthanasia and [...]