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- “Psychology is an indeterministic science, and many self-proclaimed naturalists in the philosophy of mind are statistical illiterates. Without an understanding of the relevant statistical evidence, confirmation bias is a real risk.” — an interview with Mark Kalderon (UCL)
- Is it possible to overdo democracy? — Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt) discusses why the answer is yes on the Democracy Works podcast
- The search for the part of the brain that is “the seat of consciousness” — lessons from the study of the claustrum
- The new Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Australasia (UPJA) has just published its inaugural issue — it’s the first undergraduate philosophy journal run by students from the Australasian region
- Cambridge University Press is offering free access to some of the articles and chapters it published this past year — check out their “Philosophy Highlights” (via Andy Lamey)
- “Silicon Valley’s vigorous promotion of ‘ethical AI’ has constituted a strategic lobbying effort, one that has enrolled academia to legitimize itself” — the author asserts that “the majority of well-funded work on ‘ethical AI’ is aligned with the tech lobby’s agenda”
- Philosophy job market wiki — incomplete and possibly misleading, but some people believe its existence is better than the nothing they often hear from hiring departments
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.
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