Mini-Heap
New Mini-Heap…
- A philosopher has guest-curated an art exhibition that “invites you to reflect, question, and explore the ways in which art can depict moral virtue and vice” — an innovative form of public philosophy from Kevin DeLapp (Converse)
- “Phi on New York: Philosophy for the City” is a new online magazine that brings philosophy to bear on life in NYC — it’s a project of the Gotham Philosophical Society
- The blog, “Understanding Society,” which focuses on philosophy of social science and the workings of the social world, turns 12 — it is written by Daniel Little (Michigan-Dearborn)
- “It gives us an idea of the changes that were made at the last moment when they had to commit themselves to what was going to be in print” — McMaster University’s Bertrand Russell Archives has acquired the page proofs of Principia Mathematica, with Russell’s hand-written notes on them (via @BRussellSociety)
- “Rather than biological automata, they might be understood as creatures with capacities that in animals are readily regarded as learning, memory, decision-making, and even agency” — an interview with biologist Suzanne Simard (UBC) on plants
- What makes something horrifying? — David Livingstone Smith (New England) on horror
- What does John Stuart Mill’s life tell us about what a meaningful life is? — Elijah Millgram (Utah) in conversation with Robert Talisse
Mini-Heap posts appear when 7 or so new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, the ever-growing collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers.
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Related to 1, I just learned that a student at Colby College created an art & philosophy tour for high school students, to get them “to use the practice of asking philosophical questions while actively considering the significance of different artworks”. The college student, James Kim, says:
“I realized that I wanted the students to organically generate questions throughout the discussions. I reframed the tour as an opportunity for students to create a series of follow-up questions for a discussion throughout the gallery, in response to quotes or leading questions that came along with each of the five artworks. As a result, no two tours would be the same, and each iteration would be shaped by each group of students and their questions… [T]he questions that they generated went beyond my expectations.”
Details here.