New links. For real this time.*
- “It’s not just research; all of the trappings of college life are potentially at risk, and soon” — Ian Bogost on the “existential risks” universities are facing under the Trump administration (via Kottke)
- “Death seems a thing like love, the kind of thing that does not hold up well when stripped of all its particulars” — Amy Olberding on death and the limits of philosophy
- “If you can see this, you aren’t a ghost” — can Pete Mandik make sense of ghosts?
- The “Bio(un)ethical” podcast features interviews with philosophers and others in episodes “that question existing norms in medicine, science, and public health” — hosted by Sophie Gibert & Leah Pierson
- Beer, community, and “interesting philosophical questions that are both timely and timeless” — three philosophers at Georgia Southern have been hosting a weekly live philosophy show at a local brewery for several years (with occasional “hot ones” editions)
- “What we see as problems are always relative to our wishes or expectations. To work on our dog’s problems is also, therefore, to work on ourselves” — Mark Rowlands has advice for you and your dog
- “A rich, philosophical novel… a kind of thought experiment” — a brief video, with commentary and illustrations, on Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World, from Helen De Cruz
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.
Previous Edition
* unlike yesterday
Perhaps some readers would be interested in this: A plea, once again, to abandon, in many cases where it is commonly used, the term “conspiracy theory.” (At the end of the piece I have some alternative designations.)
I’m confused. Which link is this in response to?
The wording “Perhaps some readers…” suggests that the link is simply to another article of philosophical interest rather than a response to a link from the mini-heap.
Thank you, “corrector.” (As regular readers might know, I post material now and again for just that reason.)