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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…

June 22, 2021
Philosophy Journals’ Book Review Policies and Practices

A recent discussion on social media of a book in metaethics, self-published five years ago and authored by someone who had left academia, prompted …

June 21, 2021
How Are Today’s Philosophers Philosophical?

In a recent live interview, Tyler Cowen (GMU) asks Elijah Millgram (Utah), “To what extent do you think philosophers today are even still philosophical,…

June 21, 2021
Optimism about Metaphysics (and Philosophy in General)

Is there reason to be optimistic about progress in metaphysics? Jessica Wilson (Toronto) thinks so.

June 18, 2021
Aryeh Kosman (1935-2021)

Aryeh Kosman, professor emeritus of philosophy at Haverford College, has died.

June 18, 2021
New Canada Research Chairs in Philosophy

The government of Canada recently named 93 new Canada Research Chairs, and three of them are philosophers.

June 18, 2021
Found: a Key to Understanding Hobbes’ Influence on Locke (and Locke’s Character)

A recent discovery casts new light on the influence of Thomas Hobbes on John Locke, and on the kind of person Locke was.

June 17, 2021
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June 17, 2021
Philosophy Enrollment Grows — a Little — in Canada

While the total number of undergraduate philosophy majors in Canada is down since 2010, a recent bump and some anecdotal evidence has University Affairs reporting…

June 16, 2021
Underappreciated Philosophical Friendships

In a new article, Michael Kremer (University of Chicago) describes the results of some philosophical detective work he did uncovering the “philosophical friendship” of…

June 16, 2021
Mind Chunks

June 15, 2021
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…

June 15, 2021
Intuitive Expertise in Moral Judgments (guest post)

“People’s intuitive judgments about thought experiment cases are influenced by all kinds of irrelevant factors… [and] the issue of intuitive expertise in moral philosophy…

June 14, 2021
Mini-Heap

New links in the Heap…

June 11, 2021
BJPS Launches “Short Reads”

Are you interested in learning about recent work in philosophy of science but lack the time to read a bunch of articles? Well, a…

June 11, 2021
Philanthropists: Endow a Journal Instead of a Chair

In the comments on a previous post about a new journal, Barry Lam (Vassar) floats a brilliant idea:

June 10, 2021
Joseph Margolis (1924-2021)

Joseph Margolis, professor of philosophy at Temple University, has died.

June 10, 2021
Students from 50 Countries Participate in Philosophy Olympiad

The International Philosophy Olympiad took place last month, with 108 high school students from 50 different countries taking part.

June 9, 2021
New: Online Encyclopedia Philosophy of Nature

A new peer-reviewed open-access philosophy resource aims to “provide high-quality information on, and explanations of, natural-philosophical terms and subject areas and to make these…

June 8, 2021
Recruitment and Hiring Strategies to Make Philosophy More Diverse

The Demographics in Philosophy Project has issued a set of diversity-enhancing recommendations for philosophy department recruitment and hiring practices.

June 7, 2021

Heap of Links

Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more
New data on earnings by major and university — though not all universities
“AI poses two different existential threats to [our] valuing practices” — Jordan MacKenzie offers an account of why negative judgments about AI taking over our creative and caring activities are justified
“Submission” is a humorous clicker-style game about starting a career in academic philosophy (or not) — created by Nat Hansen
“The best investment in education is to become the most human human—a challenging, fulfilling, exciting pursuit that connects us across generations” — an interview with Christa Acampora, philosopher and dean of Arts & Sciences at UVA
“What would happen if we tried to live without the mythology of agency at all?” — It's worth pondering, since "agency is just an internal command hallucination," says Alexander Douglas
“Reading List” is a free Mac app for keeping track of papers to read — philosophy PhD student Hayden Kajercline created this productivity tool for researchers, with help from Claude
How should we react to scary predictions about AI? “First: by asking questions” — "If you believe predictions uncritically, it amounts to obeying in advance," says Carissa Véliz
“I feel unbelievably lucky that I was able to make philosophy my profession” — Karen Ng reflects on her path into philosophy, at #first-genphilosophers
The ordinary concept of knowledge “doesn’t work at all the way philosophers said it does” — a round-up of studies shows how weird the philosophers' version of the concept is
1000 or so psychiatrists were asked to diagnose standardized clinical case vignettes. “Two doctors agreed on the diagnosis only 55% of the time” — What does this tell us about psychiatry? Or about other fields in which experts disagree?
Where Aristotle taught Alexander — "this newest dig may be the most revealing yet, offering insight into the specifics of Alexander the Great’s education"
Over 4000 of the Justice Department’s lawyers have left their jobs since Trump’s second term began — The New Yorker on the moral dilemma facing some government employees: resign and avoid complicity, or stay and resist where one can?
Underappreciated philosophy published between 1970-2019 — some old posts to which you can still add works that should be better appreciated
The AI threat to independent student writing is not necessarily a threat to student learning — what's needed, says Joe Cruz, are courses "in which ideas are expressed in real time and analytical thought unfolds as a debate or an oral defense or a group discussion"—and small enough classes to make that work
Would you take a pill that allows you, with no ill health effects, to permanently forgo sleep? — Rebecca Lowe thinks you have no good reason not to, though she neglects to consider that sometimes it's the world that needs a break from you
Fifty essays in the philosophy of paleontology — by Max Dresow at the Extinct blog

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Zach Thornton on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
A concern about any temporary pause is that it creates an artificial bottleneck that, once released, will likely result in an overwhelming tsunami of developments. For example, suppose…
Luis Bytner on What’s the Point of Philosophy (as an academic discipline)?
I think the goal of academic philosophy is to systematize the teaching of philosophy through various traditions, making it possible to suspend all existing theories about reality so…
Patrick Lin on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Oops, thanks for clueing me in, David. I hadn't read their report since the premise sounded so implausible. After skimming the report now, my assessment and comment still…
Student Philosopher on AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
The cost of access to AI is currently being subsidized by investors and taxpayers. The current cost is not economically sustainable.
Dan Hooley on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
You can verify the destruction of GPUs. I’m not saying that’s the best option, but clearly it is an option.
David Wallace on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
This is precisely the issue that the report being discussed here is addressing.
Runa on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
yes. at last.
Patrick Lin on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Arms control ain't what it used to be. The main difference for cyberweapons and AI is that there's no plausible verification regime. They're not like bombs which can…
Dan Hooley on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
For those concerned with regulatory capture, Alex Tabarrok has a great post explaining why this doesn't fit calls to slow down AI progress: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/09/what-regulatory-capture-actually-looks-like.html
Marc Champagne on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
The fact that we are having this conversation, no matter its outcome, is a welcome change from the Mr.-Magoo-walking-into-traffic/Jesus-take-the-wheel approach of many.
AGT on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
What 'worked' with nuclear weapons was the threat of mutual destruction (i.e you stockpile as many weapons as possible and then never use them). So I guess, after…
AGT on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
I think they would just deny that the bomb is real and would just eat uranium for breakfast. I am sure there would be competitions of the sort…
krell_154 on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
In the age in which nuclear technology came to fruition, political systems, even in democracies, were vastly different than today and there was no social media. If that…
krell_154 on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Not as hard as you might think https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53944-x
krell_154 on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Exactly. A just world is possible, if only everyone decides to behave justly. Alas, they won't.

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