Links of interest to those interested in philosophy…

1. What happens when we ask subjects of X-phi studies “to ‘think aloud’ about the experimental stimuli” and explain “why they answered the way they did”? — Kyle Thompson (UC Riverside) finds out
2. “Parmenides’ conclusion / is that motion’s an illusion” — philosopher-dancer Barbara Montero (CUNY) teams up with philosophy-musician Hannah Hoffman
3. When Peter Singer won the $1 million Berggruen prize, he pledged to donate it all to charity and let the public decide where $100,000 of it would go — See which charities the public chose
4. “Arguments about schools quickly reveal themselves to be arguments about all of the things that adults in liberal democracies prefer to leave up to the individual conscience” — the political philosophy of childhood makes The Atlantic
5. “Although both critical thinking skills and good will are useful in isolation, when they are present together – that’s when the magic happens” — an interview with Bill Fish (Massey) about his research, teaching, the future of philosophy, and more
6. “The unique woman, the exception from the rule was tolerable. What was not acceptable was the thought that this could be a new type of woman” — why the history of women in German philosophy requires some detective work, according to Anne Pollok (Mainz)
7. “It’s pretty clear that the people who did best during the pandemic, as a direct result of the interventions that were recommended by the modelers, resembled the people who did the modeling” — Eric Winsberg (S. Florida) on various issues and questions about pandemic models and the choices and values that go into them

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