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Pop culture Are Mad Men mad?
Snapshot: Dilthey Father of phenomenology
REVIEW
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New books Reviews of new comics, novels and more
Author Q&A Gregory Currie narrates
Imagine that The excesses of Avatar
Review of reviews What the critics said
LAST WORD
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My philosophy Exposer of bad science, Ben Goldacre
The Skeptic Loving angles instead
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