The latest links added to the Heap…

1. How philosophers and scientists understand the concept of mental representation — a survey from Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh)
2. 3 laws about asking questions at talks, plus 4 tips and 7 suggested types of questions — from Guy Longworth (Warwick) back in 2013. I’d add: be succinct, as it’s respectful of others
3. A new visualization of fundamental particles and forces — and a helpful account of its development
4. What if we took the thoughts of the members of just one sex, one race, one religion, in one region of the planet, during a 200 year period & taught that that’s what “early modern philosophy” is? — That would be nuts. Jacqueline Broad (Monash) on histories of philosophy.
5. “The prevalence of belief based-accounts of knowledge and propositional-attitude approaches has obscured the importance of reliable and virtuous motivation and skills in epistemology and philosophy more generally.” — an interview with Carlos Montemayor (San Francisco State)
6. “The marginalization… that I experienced as a philosopher of physics whose work is informed by analytic metaphysics was too similar to my experience of marginalization as an autistic” — an interview with Nathan Moore (Western)
7. Supporting non-academic careers: what can faculty do? — an upcoming webinar by the APA

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. Discussion welcome.

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. Thanks!