Recent additions to the Heap of Links…

1. It’s surprisingly “puzzling and difficult… to explain why right hands and left hands are identical but different” — Kant tried, but an adequate explanation, according to this article, was not discovered until 1956 (via the Browser)
2. “All the people talking about polarization are just fascism enablers… it’s like saying… the problem with the Civil War was polarization” — an interview with Jason Stanley on More to the Story (via Richard Galvin)
3. “Humans do seem dead set on conveniencing themselves into meaninglessness” — a song followed by a speech by Tim Minchin at the Sydney Opera House on individualism, the arts, difference, and empathy
4. “Our understanding of consciousness will improve with our interaction with increasingly sophisticated A.I.” — Barbara Gail Montero on how “our concepts are shaped by what we discover”
5. “The course [is] focused on… philosophical issues drawn to the fore by particular games. We [play] these games during extended class periods, then devote the next several meetings to philosophical ideas surrounding those experiences” — Catharine Saint-Croix on teaching philosophy through games
6. An attempt to “combat the crisis of attention” — Michael Vazquez, Sarah Stroud, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the virtues of attention
7. “God I’m even boring when I’m a Nazi” — philosophers described by excerpts from the British sitcom “Peep Show” (that was Heidegger) (via Mike O’Brien)

Mini-Heap posts usually appear when several 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.
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