Mini-Heap
Philosophy-related links for your consideration, AKA Mini-Heap:
- In praise of “author-meets-critics” events — they help counter “one of the more dispiriting elements of our profession,” says Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam)
- What one learns running a public “ask a philosopher” booth — Ian Olasov (CUNY) reflects on his two years of distinctive public philosophy
- Commit to encouraging your students to vote on Election Day (Nov. 6th) — a pledge for educators
- There’s a new open access philosophy text: “Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science” — by Hakob Barseghyan, Nicholas Overgaard, and Gregory Rupik (all Toronto)
- “I prioritize and protect my weekends, evenings, holidays, and sleep. And yet I maintain a productive academic career.” — important advice for philosophers & other academics
- Add “Zombies, Serial Killers, and Madmen” to the “interesting philosophy courses” file— Eric Smaw (Rollins) is interviewed by the Miami Herald about his course
- “What, morally speaking, are journalists doing in conflicts?” — Richard Stupart (LSE) and Katherine Furman (Cork) on the moral role of “bearing witness”
- “A feminist case against the feminist case against trans inclusivity” — by philosophers Lorna Finlayson (Essex), Katharine Jenkins (Nottingham), Rosie Worsdale (Cambridge)
- Most humanities PhDs—inside and out of the academy—think getting their PhD prepared them well for their jobs and would do it again if starting over (via IHE)
- An Italian philosopher has received over 40,000 hostile messages, including death threats — philosopher Raffaele Ariano (Vita-Salute University San Raffaele di Milano) had published an open letter objecting to a train conductor’s racist announcement
Mini-Heap posts appear when about 10 new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, the ever-growing collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers.
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. Thanks!
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