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.
- Philosophobia: a new philosophy podcast — from Steve Tatlow (Durham University)
- “We seem to have forgotten that private government exists; we believe, incorrectly, that ‘the state is the only form of government'” — the next hot topic in political philosophy, I’d bet, courtesy of Elizabeth Anderson (Michigan)
- “How to leave Classics” (or philosophy?) “and thrive in the marketplace” — the artificial scarcity of academia has “impinged <academics’>ability to understand themselves and their possibilities” (via L.A. Paul)
- Awesomeness and suckiness — a conversation with Nick Riggle (San Diego) at the WMFA podcast
- What kind of person was Gottlob Frege? — What little information we have doesn’t paint a pretty picture, says Ray Monk
- How much would each researcher receive if competitive government research funding were distributed equally among researchers? — a fair amount, according to a snapshot analysis by Krist Vaesen & Joel Katzav
- The Origins and Implications of White Nationalism in the U.S. — a faculty panel at Brown University
- A philosopher looks at the self-help slogan “live in the present” — there’s an insight in there, says Kieran Setiya (MIT)
- Minds Online has begun — it’s an open access, online conference on topics in the philosophy and science of mind
- Teaching philosophy via Harry Potter — “You can bring your wands, but you can’t use them on exams,” says professor Carolyn Hartz (St. Cloud State)
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