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Preparing for adulthood the new old-fashioned way

July 19, 2018 • by Paul J. Croce

William James’s Hard-Won Development Between Childhood and Fame How do we come of age? The Pew Research Center reports a steady increase over the last five decades in the number of young adults, aged 25 to 35, living with their parents. The percentage of young people “nesting” at home has almost doubled since ...

Power and Crisis

The Ethics and Politics of Responsible Belief

On liberalism and faith

August 18, 2015 • by Laura Nelson

Prior to his death in June 2007, Richard Rorty turned his attention to religious belief and its place in the public sphere. Rorty had long been presenting himself as the “village atheist” in the domains both of academic philosophy and public intellectualism: he viewed religious belief as the ...

William James

The Sculpture in the Stone

Preparing for adulthood the new old-fashioned way

The Ethics and Politics of Responsible Belief

On liberalism and faith

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