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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

January 11, 2021
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January 9, 2021
“Biting the Bullet”: A Note on Style from Caspar Hare

In his 2013 book, The Limits of Kindness, Caspar Hare (MIT) includes a brief “stylistic note” that gets across an important lesson for academic writers:…

January 8, 2021
New: Virtual Publisher Showcases at the APA (guest post)

One of the pleasures of the divisional meetings of the American Philosophical Association (APA) is browsing the book displays. With the pandemic forcing the…

January 8, 2021
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January 7, 2021
APA Announces Multiple Awards

The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of 15 prizes and honors, as well as the creation of a new prize.

January 7, 2021
New Workshop Series To Bring More Philosophy to Philosophy Twitter

The “Cogtweeto Philosophy Workshop Series” aims to bring together philosophers who are active on Twitter (a growing group—see below) to discuss their philosophical work…

January 6, 2021
Ann Garry Named Distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2020

Ann Garry, professor emerita of philosophy at California State University at Los Angeles, was named the Distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2020 by the Eastern…

January 6, 2021
Virtual Dissertation Groups for Spring 2021

Once again, Joshua Smart is organizing workshopping groups for philosophy graduate students currently writing dissertations.

January 5, 2021
Kathleen Stock Receives OBE; Philosophers Sign Letter Opposing the Honor (Updated)

Kathleen Stock, professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex, was one of 1,123 people awarded honors at the end of December by Queen…

January 5, 2021
Bye-Bye, 2020

Sometimes you have to zoom out and see the bigger picture to find the good news.

December 31, 2020
Support Philosophical Outreach to Those Who Lack Access to Universities

Over the summer, Sophia Stone (Lynn University), creator of Wisdom’s Edge Foundation, asked for help collecting short philosophical sayings–the “golden nuggets” of philosophy.

December 31, 2020
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New links of interest to those interested in philosophy…

December 30, 2020
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December 29, 2020
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

December 29, 2020
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December 28, 2020
Sivertsen Wins Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics

The Erasmus Journal for Philosophy of Economics has awarded the 2018-2019 Mark Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics to Sveinung S. Sivertsen (University of…

December 24, 2020
Mind Chunks

December 22, 2020
New Ethics Blog

Public Ethics is a new philosophy blog providing “expert analysis of ethical issues in the news.”

December 22, 2020
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

December 21, 2020

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Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"
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"

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Derek Baker on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Why assume that other countries want to build AI so powerful that they can't control it? So far that's really just been the US frontier labs, and it…
Kenny Easwaran on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
I'm not sure I understand the complaint here. The one that makes the most sense to me is the complaint that people at a particular career stage -…
why on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Hmm… Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy
Kenny Easwaran on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
I think because 90% of the events and discussions that are affecting philosophy as of late are related to AI.
Kenny Easwaran on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
If the dean identifies "research" with "journal publications", then sure. But most deans are actually academics, and understand that the journal publication is a particular public-facing part of…
Kenny Easwaran on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
If it's really true that the AI could cue someone without the skills to give a Deep Talk of this sort, then we're far beyond the situation we've…
BRYAN FRANCES on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Anything that radically changes the horrible journal system will probably come up with something better. Good riddance. I wonder if AI-generated philosophy will NOT produce the kind of…
Michel on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
If you're not using entrails, you're doing it wrong.
Patrick Lin on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Make Oracles Great Again (M.O.G.A.)! 🧘
Patrick Lin on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Thanks for the clarification, Wes. Ok, I've now read sec. 6.4.5. Just so I understand: Are you saying that “they would be so energy-intensive and impractical that it…
Hey Nonny Mouse on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Deciding what should be the currency of achievement in philosophy requires deciding what the professional point of our work is. We don't have agreement on this point. I…
Eric Steinhart on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
If AI really does start to do philosophy, then why are we talking about papers? Papers will be obsolete. Philosophical artifacts will be AIs themselves, built and trained…
Patrick Lin on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Here you go: "AI–AI bias: Large language models favor communications generated by large language models" https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2415697122
Dan Hooley on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
I know this isn't the focus of your report, but I'd be curious if Will or Wes have thoughts on the political feasibility of this proposal, compared to…
Will Fithian on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
> the proposed numbers seem really restrictive and like they go way beyond just pausing the frontier. This seems like it is intended to completely freeze the industry…

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