Monthly Archives: July 2009

What is Philosophy?

By chris | Published: 26 July 2009
Anthony Flew’s introduction to A Dictionary of Philosophy (Macmillan, 1979) rejects the popular use of the term Philosophy and cites the following anecdote in explaining the ‘very different’ activity that takes place in University philosophy departments. When G. E. Moore was asked what philosophy was about, it is said that he would gesture to his [...]
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The Name

By chris | Published: 26 July 2009
Of course the name of the blog is a play on Sense & Sensibility.  Although the clear intention of the novel is to show that both sense and sensibility (or, as we would say now, head and heart) are needed to make sense of life, a survey of the best of the critical literature reveals [...]
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The Manifesto

By chris | Published: 26 July 2009
My aim in starting this blog is two-fold.  Firstly I have a book to write on Jane Austen (whose working title is In Search of Sense and Sensibility) but I would like to test and develop its thesis on a blog. Secondly, I must confess to being a little dismayed at a trend in Austen blogs [...]
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Welcome

By chris | Published: 25 July 2009
On this blog I will discuss Jane Austen’s novels as philosophical works. Robust, respectful discussion welcome.
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