Hubert Dreyfus, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkley, argues that artificial intelligence will fail because it makes assumptions about the mind, which are not feasible.

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Prof John Haldane, who is a professor of philosophy at St Andrews University and papal adviser to the Vatican, told a special Newsnight Scotland debating panel that the church only learned of the allegations nine days ago.

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He followed an academic career and became professor of philosophy at the then new University of Queensland.

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Bernstein, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, in The New York Times.

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Prof Grayling is a professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford.

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"For non-Japanese, it's very peculiar for athletes to say they are sorry, " says Mitsunori Urushibara, a professor of sports philosophy at Shikoku Gakuin University.

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In 1994, Wade and Bob Brier, a professor of philosophy and Egyptology at Long Island University, took a human body that had been willed to science and mummified it following the ancient procedures of mummification outlined in ancient Egyptian lore.

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Bonnie Steinbock, professor of philosophy who specializes in bioethics at the University at Albany in New York, said it magnifies the superficiality in society.

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David Benatar, a professor at the University of Cape Town, also turns to philosophy to determine the ideal family size.

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Classical scholar and Princeton Philosophy Professor Melissa Lane makes that case in her book Eco-Republic, published by Princeton University Press.

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