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Imagining Philosophy

May 6, 2016   •   By Stephen Asma

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Stephen Asma is professor of philosophy at Columbia College Chicago. He is author of many books, including On Monsters (Oxford), The Gods Drink Whiskey (Harper Collins), and Against Fairness (Chicago).

Stephen Asma

Asma is professor of philosophy at Columbia College Chicago. He is author of many books, including On Monsters (Oxford), The Gods Drink Whiskey (Harper Collins), and Against Fairness (Chicago). He writes regularly for The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and was a Fulbright Scholar to China in 2014. His website is: www.stephenasma.com.

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