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fromMedievalists.net
2 weeks ago

Yuval Noah Harari: From Medievalist to Global Cultural Prophet - Medievalists.net

Yuval Noah Harari evolved from medieval warfare historian into a global public intellectual shaping debates on AI, human identity, and society.
fromApaonline
1 month ago

Why We Should Doubt that Academic Philosophy Benefits the Broader Public

A professional philosopher outside the academy walls can act as a popularizer (the goal here is to make philosophy more accessible to the general public), an applied ethicist (the major task is to offer an analysis of various specific moral issues that arise within a society), and a public intellectual (I limit this role to questions that have political connotation). Of course, there are overlaps between these roles and they certainly do not exhaust all possible forms of public engagement of a professional philosopher.
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