With his colleague John Hospers, Sellars published Readings in Ethical Theory (1952), which also became an industry standard.
Together they published Readings in Philosophical Analysis (1949), a classic early collection of analytical philosophy, and founded Philosophical Studies, a leading journal of analytic philosophy.
Last week the Guardian and the London School of Economics published Reading the Riots, a groundbreaking study that interviewed 270 rioters to try to understand why the riots happened.
Kicking off with a "Peter and the Wolf" puppet show, the afternoon will feature workshops on writing and publishing, poetry readings, a Bronx history lecture and Latin jazz by the Edy Martinez Big Band.
The Chinese capital's environmental authorities succumbed to public demands for transparency by publishing hourly readings of PM2.5, tiny particulates released by car exhausts and factory chimneys that raise the risks of lung diseases, heart problems and dementia.
Officials have been monitoring PM 2.5 for years on a "pilot" basis, and had planned to wait until 2016 to start publishing those readings.Ma Jun, of China's Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs reckons the public outcry goes a long way to explain why the authorities decided to act sooner, despite official concerns about the capital's image.
Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau has announced it will commence publishing hourly readings for PM2.5, PM10, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide on its website.
She has recently published The Reading Group book (Oxford University Press £9.99), about gender issues surrounding reading groups.
The article "Choosing a Child's Book," by the Children's Book Council and published in Reading Rockets, may be found here.
There was no shortage of ideas, like bringing in authors for readings, publishing a newsletter and offering birthday-themed discounts.
