Mini-Heap
The latest set of links added to the Heap…
- The work, achievements, and influence of Frank Ramsey, who died at age 26 — Cheryl Misak (Toronto) shares some highlights from her biography of the mathematician, philosopher, and economist.
- Debates over “whether sex is fixed and binary or complex and changeable, appear to be about scientific truthiness. But they are really part of the for-the-moment unsettled process of world-building” — Anne Fausto-Sterling (Brown) on how “the science of sex and gender will not settle itself until we, as diverse societies, settle the substantive social questions”
- How pregnant migrants face “social illegalization” even if they cross the border legally — Amy Reed-Sandoval (UNLV) on “the larger forces that permit this mistreatment to occur” (via David Forman)
- “Great philosophers embrace bizarre views because our ordinary commonsense understanding of the world is so radically deficient that no non-bizarre view is defensible” — Eric Schwitzgebel (Riverside) defends the great philosophers
- Even if the left weaponizes compassion and the right weaponizes free speech, both compassion and free speech are important values — Robert M. Simpson (UCL) on protecting our morals during political warfare
- There’s a new public philosophy series at the TLS: “The Morals of the Story” — authored by Regina Rini (York), her first installment concerns the coronavirus
- A short film about Agnes Heller is currently in production — learn more about it and see how you can help
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.
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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