Mini-Heap
Recent links of interest to those interested in philosophy…
- “The mental processes of crafting and rehearsing a narrative that has the credible appearance of genuine reasoning, but whose arc inevitably bends toward exculpation” — Jason D’Cruz (Albany) on the “remarkable cognitive achievement” of rationalization
- AI algorithms are sometimes thought of as a corrective to human biases but may amplify them instead — Susanna Schellenberg (Rutgers) explains
- Computer games that are “philosophically intriguing” — a list from Helen de Cruz (SLU)
- Is there progress in philosophy? — a discussion at The Philosophers’ Cocoon
- “Our goal is to inculcate ethical reasoning across the entire company” — a profile of Will Griffin, the chief ethics officer at Hypergiant, an AI firm
- “On this issue there’s an ideological wormhole that takes you from the right to the part of the left that’s concerned with standpoint epistemology” — an interview with Spencer Case (Wuhan)
- “If healthy volunteers, fully informed about the risks, are willing to help fight the pandemic by aiding promising research, there are strong moral reasons to gratefully accept their help.” — Peter Singer (Princeton) & Richard Yetter-Chappel (Miami) on testing COVID-19 therapies on humans
Mini-Heap posts appear when 7 or so 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. Discussion welcome.
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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