Recent links added to the Heap…

1. “The basic idea is simple – and far-reaching” — Nate Sheff (Connecticut) on Sellars’ “myth of the given”
2. Philosophical questions raised by NFTs — thoughts from Anthony Cross (Texas State)
3. “Happy to trade knowledge for freedom” — Ulrika Carlsson on Kierkegaard, Socrates, and irony
4. “The ethical character of teacher-student relationships should be determined by the purpose of that relationship: to education the student… The problem… is that purpose is vague” — John Danaher (NUI) on relationships and friendships with students
5. The moral significance of maintenance — “the ghetto and the moon” and other issues in engineering (via Zachary Pirtle)
6. The prospects of philosophical literary criticism — a conversation between Jennifer Frey (South Carolina) & Jon Baskin (The Point) that touches on the work of David Foster Wallace, Iris Murdoch, Flannery O’Conner & others
7. “Junior authors who want to go out on a limb are being penalized by a structure that… doesn’t quite serve the philosophy profession well” — Helen De Cruz (SLU) on the institutional production of “cookie-cutter” philosophy

Mini-Heap posts usually appear when 7 or so new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, the collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers. Discussion welcome.

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