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Recent additions to the Heap of Links…

1. The “political character” of algorithmic decision-making — at the intersection of political theory, business ethics, and technology
2. 219 letters between Heidegger and Gadamer written between 1922 and 1976 have been published — here’s a brief interview with one of the collection’s editors, Jean Grondin
3. Which publisher’s line of great books is the best? — praise and criticism from author Naomi Kanakia (via The Browser)
4. “‘Severance’ and the film ‘The Substance’…. both explore the bewildering emotional and philosophical complications of cleaving a second, separate entity off of yourself” — Eric Schwitzgebel in the NYT
5. “Can [the structure of the world] be faithfully presented by a familiar language? Or only by a more alien language? Or is the structure of the world ineffable?” — Matti Eklund on learning from possible alien languages
6. “Diseases aren’t the sort of things one should be ashamed about, but the addict nonetheless judges that their shame has a basis. They are doing things because of their addiction for which they hold themselves to account.” — Owen Flanagan on his addictions
7. The philosophy of awkwardness — Alexandra Plakias and Anthony Morgan have an unawkward conversation about it

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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