Latest links…
- A philosophy professor’s book on philosophy and culture is culled from his 18 years of blogging about it — check out Jason Read’s Unemployed Negativity
- “The manner in which Early Modern philosophers engaged with the most pressing moral issue of their era: the Transatlantic slave trade” — the topic of a special issue of the Journal of Modern Philosophy (open access)
- “Ask that your institution write a mission statement, a values declaration, a promise for the future that no matter what happens, your institution stands for democracy, for freedom, for rights, for openness, for truth” — on being on guard against fascism’s march into higher ed
- “Some of the smartest humans in the world are struggling to create tests that A.I. systems can’t pass” — on “Humanity’s Last Exam”, which has around 3000 questions “ranging from analytic philosophy to rocket engineering”
- The philosophy of “Severance” — Travis Timmerman discusses the fascinating issues the show raises at the Brain in a Vat podcast
- “We should preserve common sense where possible, and correct it where necessary. Unfortunately, it’s not quite clear what constitutes common sense” — Robert Audi’s 2018 Dewey Lecture
- “‘This is exhausting’ is a response I get a lot from people” — an interview with Agnes Callard at Nautilus
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.
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