The latest additions to the Heap of Links…

1. Not science fiction: extracting memories from one being and injecting them into another — fascinating work on the biology of memory
2. “I’m committed to the existence of anything that I need to be committed to in order to explain my experience of the world” — Todd May (Clemson) talks about his atheism with George Yancy (Emory) in the NYT
3. “This volume is an effort to reduce the needless suffering that the rightly coveted academic life may cause” — “Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them” is a new free book by philosopher Joseph Agassi (published by Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective)
4. “There is much to celebrate about humanity… but it is salutary, sometimes, to look in the mirror and see a monster. We cannot do this without history and philosophy and literature” — Daniel Gregory (Tübingen) on the value of the humanities
5. “Living a Good Life,” a philosophy course at Wesleyan, featured in the New York Times — the course is team taught by Stephen Angle, Steven Horst, and Tushar Irani
6. What is the best philosophical science fiction in all of history? — a trio of philosophers are putting together an anthology and are soliciting suggestions
7. “I’ve tried to cultivate a public personality for being okay with being wrong. Hopefully not too wrong all the time.” — I visit The Stoa to discuss disagreement

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!