Quotes from Philip Kitcher

Religion long ago modified the character of ethical discussion by undermining the original egalitarianism.

Mann's Death in Venice actually contains a snippet of philosophy about the second question, when Aschenbach, collapsed in the plaza, engages in his quasi-Socratic, anti-Socratic, ruminations.

Science literacy consists in the ability and the desire to follow reports of new scientific advances, throughout your whole life.

Most influential of all is the philosopher Stanley Cavell, and a younger generation of philosophers who have attempted to follow his pioneering work in thinking about literature philosophically.

Experiments work when, and only when, they call into action cognitive capacities that might reliably deliver the conclusions drawn.

There are many critics whose work I greatly admire. Even though I diverge from T.J. Reed in several important ways, I've learned greatly from his writings on Mann.