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The Idea of Secrets, and More

The Idea of Secrets, and More

May 26, 2023
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Rules can be thick or thin, says Lorraine Daston. “Behind every thin rule is a thick rule, cleaning up after it”... more »

Derek Parfit spent most of his life cloistered within a cloistered institution. He sacrificed nearly everything to his intellectual calling... more »

Jacques Derrida was fascinated by the idea of secrets — what they are, why we keep …

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