Mini-Heap
Recent links added to the Heap…
- An introductory philosophy course centered around the question, “What is Philosophy?” — Christopher P. Noble (New College of Florida) describes why and how he teaches it
- “The Grand Prize [$150,000] will go to the first team to read four passages of text from the inside of the two intact scrolls” — a contest to use machine learning, 3D x-rays, and other technology to read the ancient philosophy, mathematics, literature, etc., trapped in the carbonized, ashen, and unopenable Herculaneum scrolls
- “It is likely that for any given approach… you take to a problem, you as an individual or a group of like-minded individuals only see one piece of a fairly large puzzle” — Ryan Muldoon (Buffalo) on how “the big tools of liberal democracy—discussion and debate—only work well if these tools are built on diverse inputs”
- “Why do I want to live with a dog, and why this dog?” — the ethical considerations of choosing a dog, from Jessica Pierce (U.of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- A useful and brief guide for your students about how to use ChatGPT effectively and ethically in their academic work — by Benjamin Smart and Catherine Botha (Johannesburg)
- “Ukrainians have been vigorously discussing what their institutions will look like in the post-war period, and moral and political philosophers can contribute much to these debates” — an interview with Aaron Wendland (KCL, Massey College) about the his work to help Ukrainians, including further details about the philosophy benefit conference taking place this week
- A previously unpublished book-length manuscript by Michel Foucault, “Philosophical Discourse,” will be published later this Spring — here’s the table of contents
Discussion welcome.
Mini-Heap posts usually appear when 7 or so new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, a collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers.
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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