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Getting started in research Every now and then, someone asks me where to start learning about Indian philosophy. It’s a good question, since what we call “Indian philosophy” includes a vast number of texts written over thousands of years in multiple languages. Should you start at the beginning? Should you try to get an overview?…
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Here are three words that would help media and society think more carefully about difficult cases involving slurs and disability: utter, use, and mention. They don’t mean the same thing. Someone who utters a word produces it. A person who is under anesthesia, whose brain is stimulated by a neurosurgeon, might utter the word “stupid.”…