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Naomi Goulder

Naomi Goulder is a Professor of Higher Education and Philosophy at Northeastern University London. She was a general editor, with AC Grayling and Andrew Pyle, of the Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy and has written on topics from the philosophy of action and morality to love and aesthetics. She is currently working on a book on experience and transformation.

Naomi Goulder is a Professor of Higher Education and Philosophy at Northeastern University London. She was a general editor, with AC Grayling and Andrew Pyle, of the Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy and has written on topics from the philosophy of action and morality to love and aesthetics. She is currently working on a book on experience and transformation.

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