Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap!
- A look at what’s happening to our reading brains at this historic juncture between the old ways and the new” — what does it mean for the future of reading, learning, and teaching that the average person now reads 100,000 words a day on electronic devices?
- A philosopher is the first transgender athlete to win a world championship cycling event — Rachel McKinnon (Charleston) won the gold in the sprint at the 2018 UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships. See her Twitter for an informative discussion.
- Kindness in academic philosophy — Em Walsh (McGill) on why and how
- “To fight fake news, we need to take the same norms that keep us (relatively) honest over cocktails, and apply them to social media” — Regina Rini (York) on a way to do that
- “Critical theories of the post–Frankfurt School period… can be viewed as plausible rearticulations of a project of critique initiated by Kant” — Seyla Benhabib (Yale) on the “illuminating pluralization of critical theories”
- An esoteric reading of “The Good Place” — Robin James (UNC Charlotte) thinks the show is more progressive than it appears
- Human experience in the aggregate — “more of human experience has happened recently than time would suggest”; what should we take from that? (via MR)
- Political success is not moral victory nor legal vindication — Jacob Levy (McGill) on Kavanaugh, with the help of Bernard Williams
- Philosophy and race in South Africa? — David Benatar (Cape Town) responds to a recent article in Quartz
- “What does philosophy have to teach us about running a business?” “Oh, I think everything…” — a discussion with a philosopher-turned-plumber (who still teaches some philosophy courses part time)
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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