Mini-Heap
Here is the latest edition of the 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.
- “I think it was like ‘Pass me the cornflakes, Hilary, now let’s get back to talking about Dewey.’” — a profile of the marriage of Hilary and Ruth Anna Putnam, on the occasion of a new collection of essays by them
- Donald Trump and American plutocracy — an interview with Hans Sluga (Berkeley) – starts near the 8:00 mark
- The pop music of philosopher Ben Bramble (Trinity College, Dublin)
- Aesthetics for Birds, the philosophy of art blog, significantly increases its staff — goal: “much broader, more diverse, and more frequent content”
- When a troll trash-talks an academic expert without realizing he’s doing so on her Facebook page — “I have some fantastic news for you…”
- Come for the insights relating comedy to philosophy, stay for the joke about cultural appropriation— philosophy student-turned-comic David Heti chats with his sister, Sheila
- New scholarly podcast about the Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine eras — three episodes up so far
- Grading rubrics for philosophy courses — Christina Hendricks (UBC) has some examples and is looking for more
- Michael Dummett’s grammar advice — graded by linguist Geoffrey Pullum (Edinburgh) at CHE
- New blog on philosophical questions about imagination and fiction — check out “Thinking About Fiction” from Kathleen Stock (Sussex)
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