Mini-Heap
Happy New Year’s Eve Mini-Heap!
- “Our creation is now coming back to devour our souls” — Justin E. H. Smith (University of Paris, Diderot) with moving thoughts on the “gutting of our human subjecthood”
- Some structural disadvantages of interdisciplinary research, and what to do about them — thoughts from Eric Schwitzgebel (UCR)
- Is conscious thought an illusion? — an interview with Peter Carruthers (Maryland) in Scientific American
- The all-night philosophy extravaganza will be taking place in five US cities — Houston, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC
- “The two disparate bodies of work share an uncanny ability to invite an easing of traditional boundaries of understandings and experience” — a review of adjacent exhibits of artwork by Adrian Piper and Victor Hugo at the Hammer Museum
- Should parents lie to their children about Santa? — James Mahon (CUNY) considers the arguments
- “The important thing this time is to appreciate the importance of freedom of expression to the development of philosophy” — commentary on the decision to teach philosophy in high schools in Saudi Arabia
Mini-Heap posts appear when about 7 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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