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·Jul 5, 2020

Philosophy and Probability

When I tell people that one of the things I work on is the philosophy of probability, they are usually surprised. ‘Probability? Isn’t that part of maths — what’s a philosopher studying it for?’ In part, this reaction betrays the misconception, shared by many people, that philosophy consists mostly of…

Probability

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Philosophy and Probability
Philosophy and Probability
Probability

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Jun 20, 2020

Changes to Australian Higher Education Funding: An Attack on Expertise

The Federal Government yesterday announced a raft of changes to their financial support of undergraduate university places under the title ‘Job-ready graduates’. Undergraduate places in Australia are mostly government-subsidised, supported in part by a contribution from the student themselves (the student contribution) and in part by the government (the commonwealth…

Hec

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Changes to Australian Higher Education Funding: An Attack on Expertise
Changes to Australian Higher Education Funding: An Attack on Expertise
Hec

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Nov 8, 2018

What’s going on with ‘it’s okay to be white’?

How philosophical accounts of the difference between what a sentence means, and what someone means by saying it, illuminate the controversy. — A couple of weeks ago, the Australian senate voted on a motion for the Senate to acknowledge that “it is a motion calling OK to be white”. The motion was moved by the populist right wing One Nation party, but the controversial aspect is that it gained the support of…

BlackLivesMatter

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What’s going on with ‘it’s okay to be white’?
What’s going on with ‘it’s okay to be white’?
BlackLivesMatter

10 min read

Antony Eagle 🐜🦅

Antony Eagle 🐜🦅

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Philosopher in Adelaide. https://antonyeagle.org

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