Recent additions to the Heap of Links…
- “Fiction is part of a rich and varied cultural practice, so theorising fiction ought to be sensitive not only to the metaphysical frameworks, but also to the sociohistorical frameworks in which fiction is conceived, produced and consumed” — Hannah H. Kim on the new metaphysics of fiction
- Does the universe have a shape? If so, what is it? And how might we learn that? — how cosmologists approach these questions
- “Is the ostensible crisis of attention, at bottom, a crisis of authority?” Is it just “élite anxiety in the face of a democratizing mediascape”? — an unconventional view about the distracting power of today’s technologies
- “What was it like writing your first publication?” — a good question at The Philosophers’ Cocoon; take a minute and share your answer
- “Focus… on clear communication and understanding what’s said, what’s true and false, and what’s reasonable to believe, given a deeper understanding of the arguments on the issue” — Nathan Nobis on the do’s, don’ts, and why’s of doing philosophy with strangers on social media
- “What was the scandalously unconventional and supposedly un-Scottish philosophy that banished Ferrier to the wild Fife coast?” — Alexander Douglas on an underappreciated philosopher’s battle against the dogma of common sense
- Even if we somehow were able to observe the universe from all possible perspectives, it would still be “fundamentally unknowable” – JB Manchak explains why
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.
