Professor of Philosophy, The Graduate Center, City University Of New York
Catherine Wilson was most recently Anniversary Professor of Philosophy at the University of York and is now Visiting Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center in New York. Her latest book is How to Be an Epicurean (2019), published simultaneously in the UK under the title The Pleasure Principle. She lives in New York City and London.
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Thinkers and theories
How to be an Epicurean
A philosophy that values innocent pleasure, human warmth and the rewards of creative endeavour. What’s not to like?
Catherine Wilson
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Biology
Bee-brained
Are insects ‘philosophical zombies’ with no inner life? Close attention to their behaviours and moods suggests otherwise
Lars Chittka & Catherine Wilson