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1. “We can’t understand the human mind if we don’t understand the role mental imagery plays in… diverse mental phenomena” — The Junkyard is hosting a book symposium on Bence Nanay’s “Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience”
2. “Our idea was to train the next generation of experts, rather than trying to change the mindset of already established experts” — Rani Lill Anjum (NMBU) and Elena Rocca (Oslo Metropolitan) on teaching philosophy of science to medical researchers and health practitioners
3. “What is the role of beauty in the naturalist’s worldview? What is the role of naturalism in the artist’s?” — Abigail Tulenko (Harvard) takes up these questions with the help of Austen and Darwin
4. “The trouble doesn’t come when we disagree… The trouble comes when the spirit of conversation is edged aside by another sentiment — ‘Die, heretic!’” — Kwame Anthony Appiah (NYU) on liberal fallibilism
5. “A few months ago, Anthropic quietly hired its first dedicated ‘AI welfare’ researcher” — the job: explore the extent to which future AI models might deserve moral consideration and protection
6. “It is precisely those material conditions for a healthy, stable democracy that the United States lacks today” — Jason Stanley (Yale) on the election, Rousseau, and the vindication of Plato
7. “The theorem is misleading”. Hopefully it is not too late for those misled to get their money back on those typewriters. — in related news, automatic braking systems on today’s trolleys has philosophy majors questioning the value of their degree

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