Mid-week Mini-Heap…
- On the idea “that it is okay (or maybe even required) to make people feel uncomfortable because of their biases or prejudices” — some cautionary notes from Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic (Roskilde)
- Teaching from home? Check out this excellent guide to practices, equipment, technology, and setup — from Mikio Akagai (TCU) (via Nick Byrd & Lewis Powell)
- “The difference between use and mention is not a categorical one but one of degrees” — ” if this correct, then what about reading racist or sexist classics?” asks Martin Lenz (Groningen)
- “Sophisticated naturalism, no less than extreme naturalism, undermines itself” — Joel Katzav (Queensland) on Marie Collins Swabey’s early 20th C. critique of naturalism
- “It is indefensibly vague at key points, particularly about what ‘cancellation’ is and about what the supposed threat to Aristotle is” — Bryan W. Van Norden (Vassar) responds to Agnes Callard (Chicago)
- “Quite impressive in some areas, and still clearly subhuman in others” — GPT-3, the new language generating tool, takes a Turing test
- “Make your next pitch instantly more compelling by using this one philosopher’s framework” — apparently one business writer thinks the Grice is right (sorry)
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!
