The following post by Daniel Schrader-Dobris, a graduating senior philosophy student at USC planning on pursuing an advanced degree in cognitive science or the philosophy and history of science, is the sixth in the series of posts highlighting exemplary work by undergraduates with interests in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious Thought. The NURPRT Forum welcomes any
This paper by Brad Underwood was presented at the Northwestern University Research Initiative in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious Thought Conference celebrating Gary Saul Morson in April 2024. Introduction Humans can indulge feelings that they seem wired to avoid. Nikolai Gogol and Fyodor Dostoevsky make the most of this contradiction. Their fiction depicts our draw