Mini-Heap
New philosophy-related links…
- “Conscience is not an isolated space, cut off from the rest of the world. It is what reminds us of our own fallibility, and what makes us accountable to others.” — author Eula Biss and philosopher Mavis Biss (Loyola Maryland) on conscientious objection, particularly in the context of vaccination
- Aphorisms: the way thinkers have “encrypted their philosophies in brief bursts of memorable obscurity” — Adam Gopnik looks at the literary form and some new writing about it (The New Yorker)
- “I came at this expecting to find evidence of discrimination, but the data didn’t support it.” — a new study on whether college professors discriminate against conservative students
- “Medical Ethics in Sickbay” and “Time Travel, Transporters and the Terran Universe” — two panels philosophy professor Beth Seacord (Southern Nevada) is putting on at the Star Trek Convention this week in Las Vegas
- “If the artworld appears to cater increasingly to the desires of the global rich elite, we have to ask how this impacts the assessment of the value of an artwork” — Sarah Hegenbart (TU Munich) on art, financial value, aesthetic value, and the responsibility of curators
- The APDA blog compares details on philosophy PhD programs, two at a time — this week it’s Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania
- “Know Thyself” is an interactive theater experience which “transforms abstract philosophy into a series of delightful and challenging analog games” — it will run as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in September
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.
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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