Mini-Heap
For your reading pleasure, the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items of interest to philosophers (and others interested in philosophy) from the Daily Nous Heap of Links.
(The Heap of Links consists partly of suggestions from readers; if you find something online that you think would be of interest to the philosophical community, please send it in for consideration for the Heap.)
- Where philosophy of perception meets applied ethics — a fascinating look at visual phenomenology and virtual reality from Michael Madary (Johannes Gutenberg U., Mainz)
- An infectiously enthusiastic, witty, and ebullient romp of a vendetta — Philip Kitcher on Errol Morris on Thomas Kuhn
- Defining “fake news” — Scott Aikin and Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt) give it a shot
- An excellent ethics exam question — from Lewis Powell (Buffalo)
- “Restrictive laws have a unique capacity to change the social meaning of a dangerous activity” — so should we ban minors from purchasing items high in added sugar? Theodore Bach (Bowling Green – Firelands College) thinks so.
- On calling immigrants “animals” — David Livingstone Smith (New England) on dehumanizing language, on WNYC
- The idea of a course on African, Latin American, and Native American philosophy raises lots of questions — “but I do think that engaging in a detailed way with this work… helps us to think more about what philosophy is and ought to be,” says Alex Guerrero (Rutgers) (p.4)
- The moral dilemma at the center of “Avengers: Infinity War” — Vox does some moral philosophy 101 at the movies
- How to protect your epistemic environment — Shane Ryan (Nazarbeyev U.) shares his ideas with Joe Humphreys in The Irish Times (via Daniel Brunson)
- Near-death experiences — a talk from John Martin Fischer (UCR), on the occasion of his appointment as a University Professor (he is the first philosopher in the UC system to hold that position)
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