The first mini-heap of 2025…
- You “may be wondering how I’m going to wiggle out of the seeming exhaustion of logical space presented by ‘either it is the case that qualia exist or it is not the case that qualia exist.’ Just watch me now.” — Pete Mandik’s qualia quietism
- “The core elements of community—relationships, service, and purpose—also define the triad of fulfillment. When combined with the core virtue of love, they create an ecosystem for meaning and belonging” — the virtue theory of the outgoing U.S. Surgeon General (via Avery Kolers)
- In case you missed it: The Daily Nous 2024 Year In Review
- “Our relation to nature, the planet [is] a very important part of the meaning of life for lots of people” but “in a bewildering way” — Charles Taylor is interviewed on CBC Radio
- How a pair of “loveably eccentric dilettantes” saved Nietzsche from the Nazis — allowing him “to speak for himself for the first time”
- “Love is wise, hatred is foolish” — a message to the future from Bertrand Russell
- “Academics from poorer backgrounds introduce more novel scientific concepts, but are less likely to receive recognition” — findings from a new study based on “the largest dataset of U.S. academics’ backgrounds and research output”
- “Aphantasic individuals develop alternative learning strategies that sometimes improve rather than inhibit learning” — Hollis Robbins on neurodiversity and the possible advantages of lacking a “mind’s eye”
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. Thank you.
