Stephanie Ross

Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri-St Louis

Stephanie Ross is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Missouri-St Louis. Her books include What Gardens Mean (University of Chicago Press, 1998) and Two Thumbs Up: How Critics Aid Appreciation (UCP, 2020).

Written by Stephanie Ross

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How do good conversations work? Philosophy has something to say

The idea of what makes for a successful conversation is always tricky, and has always been contested by philosophers

by Stephanie Ross