Recently added to the Heap of Links…
- “Remembered as a primarily analytic philosopher… today, Sellars is being rediscovered by a new generation of Continental philosophers—and, perhaps surprisingly, Marxists” — several philosophers on Sellars, society, and politics, on The Philosophers’s Zone
- Some progress in math consists in proving that “some mathematics can simply never be known” — recent work on one of Hilbert’s problems
- “Writing an essay has been the pinnacle of traditional humanities education” — Johannes Steizinger on the threat AI poses to education’s aim of self-development
- “Instruction in healthy lifestyle behaviors grounded in philosophical thinking significantly enhances the healthy lifestyle practices of preschool children and their parents” — a new kind of study for the “value of philosophy” file
- “The points of disagreement naturally get all the attention” — The Guardian interviews a few philosophers about the ethical issues that resulted in the election of Donald Trump
- Do social media platforms have “a responsibility to contribute to the epistemic and rational health of public discourse”? — Jeffrey Howard on the recent moderation policy changes at Facebook and Instagram
- Interviewer: “How would you describe your personal style?” Callard: “My sister describes it as ‘giant kindergartener’” — a conversation on the philosophy of clothing
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.
