Mini-Heap
Links recently added to the Heap…
- Schlick was not killed for his philosophy “but what happened next… was indeed shaped by what the Vienna Circle had come to represent in the ideological frenzy of interwar Austria” — Adam Kirsch on the Vienna Circle and David Edmonds’ new book about it, in The New Yorker
- “As far as I know, my new course… is the only course in the UK that includes any Shona philosophy.” — Lloyd Strickland (Manchester Metropolitan) on why he teaches Shona philosophy in his philosophy of religion course
- Some “beliefs… are irrational but are the only way for an agent to bring about an epistemic benefit” — Lisa Bortolotti (Birmingham) begins a week of posting at The Brains Blog on “epistemic innocence”
- This past weekend Google honored 18th Century philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo — with a Google Doodle (via Patrick Connolly)
- Wishing that someone be harmed isn’t wrong — because wishing isn’t the kind of thing that can be wrong
- How to make and use a lightboard for online teaching — Jared Millson (CSU Bakersfield) shares a great idea for teachers who like to write on the board in class
- New find: 100 cards of notes by Macchiavelli — at the National Library of Florence. [UPDATE: English-language version here, courtesy of Lars Lindblom.]
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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