Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite, Harvard Staff Writer, interviewed Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, about his new memoir Home in the World. Professor Sen discusses his decision to write a memoir, religion, politics, and more.

Read “The story behind Amartya Sen’s memoir”...

Jeffrey McDonough, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Harvard History of Philosophy Workshop, recently published a new book titled A Miracle Creed: The Principle of Optimality in Leibniz's Physics and Philosophy (Oxford, 2022). The book “… explores Leibniz's pursuit of optimality in five of his most important works in natural philosophy and shows how his principle of optimality bridges his scientific and philosophical studies.” Read more from Oxford University Press...

The Department of Philosophy congratulates Assistant Professor Samantha Matherne on her article  (co-authored with Nick Riggle) “Schiller on Freedom and Aesthetic Value: Part I” being chosen as one of the “Best of 2020” philosophy articles from Oxford University Press.
 
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Gina Schouten has written a blog post titled "Democratic Deliberation After Trump" for the Daily Nous series "Philosophers on the 2020 US Election."

"Some will say that a quick move toward reconciliation or toward rebuilding the bedrock of shared values is misplaced: We can nurture our anger awhile longer; indeed, maybe we owe it to Trump’s victims to stay angry at his enablers..  But...