Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links, collected and numbered for your convenience.
As usual, if you have suggestions for the Heap of Links, please send ’em in.
- Philosophy is about questioning assumptions — so philosophers should attend to one of the big ones, says Jennifer Scuro (New Rochelle): ableism
- A link to more philosophy links — at Omnivore (via Saba Bazargan-Forward)
- Rousseau was “a diligent student of… the moral psychology of the wealthy” — what would he say about Louise Linton?
- A relatively new online philosophy magazine — “Epoché” aims to “use the wealth of concepts present in the labor of philosophy, ancient, modern, and new, to provide fragments of clarity, moments of pause”
- “If a bit of generosity in our teaching can help [our students], if a bit more patience with their challenges can make the difference between hard-won success and crushing struggle, then it’s our duty as teachers to provide it” — on so-called snowflakes
- Finland’s black metal music scene is into philosophy — for example, the band Verge is partial to a Williams-like critique of Kant
- Statue removal efforts hit philosophy — conservatives in Turkey want a statue of Diogenes taken down
- The surprising significance of two random-looking shapes — on fruitful classification in mathematics (for your “reality is counterintuitive” file)
- How Kant’s ethics goes wrong, in 1000 words — Nomy Arpaly (Brown) on Kant and well-being
- The latest on the lawsuit against Laura Kipnis — a memo in opposition to her motion to dismiss has been filed
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