Shelly Kagan on Death and Deprivation

Shelly Kagan on Death and Deprivation

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Chike Jeffers on Africana Philosophy

David Edmonds talks to Chike Jeffers of Dalhousie University about Africana Philosophy. This episode was supported by the Ideas Workshop, part of the Open Society Foundations. 

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