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- “Within the ring of light lies what is straightforwardly knowable through common sense or mainstream science” but philosophy “lives in the penumbra of darkness” — and even as that light grows, says Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside), just beyond it “there will always be darkness”—and philosophy
- “The scientific community has generally done a poor job of explaining to the public that science is what is known so far” — H. Holden Thorp, the editor in chief of Science, on why the history and philosophy of science should be part of the science curriculum (via Nathan Nobis)
- “Ancient Wisdom in the Digital Age” — Tamar Gendler (Yale) discusses an experimental course she taught on philosophy and its forms
- “If you’re going to be a philosopher, learn about the world, learn about the science… Scientists are just as capable of making philosophical mistakes… as any lay people [and] they need the help of informed philosophers” — an interview with Daniel Dennett (Tufts)
- “I’m curious about why these kinds of places have such a spellbinding aura, and I think it’s because they are analog outliers” — Evan Selinger (RIT) reflects on his obsession with a small-town family-run hotel that serves simple and delicious food
- “The story that a sports fan engages with is a collaboratively written story; [it is] a social enterprise focused around knitting individual games into narrative arcs, stories, legends, and characterizations” — Peter Kung and Shawn Klein (ASU) on imagination and sports fandom
- “Claude 3 Opus produces arguments that don’t statistically differ in their persuasiveness compared to arguments written by humans” — the methods and results of a study on AI persuasiveness
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