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Lydia Amir

Tufts University
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  • Tufts University
    Department of Philosophy
    Visiting Professor
Tel Aviv University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1987
Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphilosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Normative Ethics
19th Century Philosophy
17th/18th Century Philosophy
Areas of Interest
Metaphilosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Religion
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
19th Century Philosophy
20th Century Philosophy
17th/18th Century Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
European Philosophy
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    The Unconscious: Freud versus Sartre
    In Peter Raabe (ed.), Philosophical Practice and the Unconscious, Trivium Publications. pp. 23-78. 2006.
    Sigmund Freud
  • The Good Life Is the Good Laugh: The Comic in the History of Philosophy
    In A. Ziv & A. Sover (eds.), The Importance of Not Being Earnest, Carmel Press. pp. 206-253. 2012.
  • Rationality as Passion: Plato’s Theory of Love
    Practical Philosophy 4 (3): 6-14. 2001.
    Ethics
  • Lydia Amir
    In Bresson Ladegaard Knox, Berg Olsen Friis & J. Kyrre (eds.), Philosophical Practice: 5 Questions, Automatic Press. pp. 1-14. 2013.
  • Doing Philosophy (review)
    Philosophical Practice 9 (1): 1397-1398. 2014.
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    What’s it all about? A Guide to Life’s Basic Questions and Answers (review)
    Philosophical Practice 2 (2): 125-127. 2006.
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    The Role of Impersonal Love in Everyday Life
    In H. Herrestad, A. Holt & H. Svare (eds.), Philosophy in Society, Unipub. pp. 217-242. 2002.
    Theories of LoveVarieties of Love
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    Shaftesbury—An Important Forgotten Indirect Source of Kierkegaard’s Thought
    Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook 19 (1): 189-216. 2013.
    Name der Zeitschrift: Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook Jahrgang: 19 Heft: 1 Seiten: 189-216.
    Earl of ShaftesburySøren Kierkegaard
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    Pride, Humiliation and Humility: Humor as a Virtue
    Philosophical Practice 1 (3): 1-22. 2002.
    Ethics
  • How Can Philosophy Benefit from Philosophical Practice?
    Practical Philosophy 9 (2): 3-12. 2008.
    Philosophy of Psychology
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    A New Skeptical Worldview for Contemporary World Cultures
    In Jian Chang (ed.), World Culture Development Forum 2013, Chian Social Sciences Academic Press. pp. 337-363. 2014.
    Skepticism, Misc
  • The Value of Spinoza’s Ethics in a Changing World
    Axiology and Ethics 1 301-320. 2010.
    Baruch Spinoza
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