The latest links added to the Heap…

1. Over 1500 political scientists call for Trump’s immediate removal via impeachment or the 25th amendment — “The President’s actions show he is unwilling or unable to fulfill his oath to protect and defend the Constitution”
2. “There are almost no consciousness deniers” — Andrew Brook (Carleton) is interviewed about cognitive science, consciousness, selves, and more
3. “Rather than viewing the granting of honorifics as settling a social question, we can see it as an imperfect way of inviting debate over what society ought to honor in the name of universal justice” — Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam) on the broader lessons of the controversy over Kathleen Stock’s OBE
4. “Political power accumulates across massive timescales, much larger than the ones folks usually use when evaluating the institutional arrangements that history makes possible” — an interview with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (Georgetown)
5. “The film ends with much of the NYU philosophy department being attacked and turned into vampires themselves in a blood-soaked climax” — “The Addiction” (1995) starred Lili Taylor as a philosophy PhD student and Christopher Walken as a vampire, and was produced by Antony Blinken, Biden’s likely Secretary of State
6. “Quentin Smith was exactly the kind person who’s not supposed to exist in modern, ultra-specialized, ultra-professionalized academia.” — a beautiful and interesting appreciation of Smith, who died this past November, by Ben Burgis (Georgia State Perimeter College)
7. The ethics of publicly discussing public health strategies — the downside risks of openly floating some ideas should be taken more seriously, argues Matthew Smith (Northeastern)

Mini-Heap posts usually 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!