Heap of Links
1. “Scientists that talk philosophy down are simply superficial: they have a philosophy (usually some ill-digested mixture of Popper and Kuhn) and think that this is the “true” philosophy, and do not realize that this has limitations,” says scientist.
2. The Phaedo may be missing some painful, convulsive, gasping.
3. The Critique is a site that aims to bring philosophy to bear on a variety of current events, from police brutality to the Emmy awards.
4. A series of posts on philosophy and a basic income.
5. “How to solve the hardest logic puzzle ever in two questions” and the four other most-downloaded articles from Analysis this year are now available free of charge.
6. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, a new online, open access journal, is now accepting submissions.
7. “Not all interactions with fellow humans are positive” — on the advantages of robot graders.
8. Philosophers of art, this is great but I don’t know why.
9. The bias towards the past.
If you want the dirt on the original, you should check out Walter De Maria’s “New York Earth Room” (1977) on longterm display at the Dia Art Foundation site (141 Wooster St., Manhattan).
http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/earthroom
For a sweet riff on De Maria, check out Paul Shore & Nicole Root’s “New York Brownie Room (After Walter De Maria)” (2010).
http://abbyjean.tumblr.com/post/2428074168/paul-shore-and-nicole-root-new-york-brownie-room