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Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links, collected and numbered for your convenience.
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Mind Chunks (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
Mind Chunks by Pete Mandik
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Philosophy, Science, Real Life, and God
Bas van Fraassen (Princeton) is interviewed by Richard Marshall at 3:AM Magazine. The whole interview is chock full of interestingness. Here are three brief and possibly…
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Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund
Vida Yao, assistant professor of philosophy at Rice University, writes in suggesting that people interested in helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey contribute to the Hurricane…
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Philosophy In A World Of Mass Deception
Our current political situation is so horribly distressing that it is easy to lose sight of even more horrible things that may be on…
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Slight Increase in Philosophy PhDs Awarded, and other Humanities Data
The Humanities Indicators project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has released new data regarding graduate degree completion in the humanities, number of…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the latest from some key online philosophy resources.
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Recent APA Award Winners: Gallegos, Humphreys, Mallon
The American Philosophical Association has named the winners of several awards recently. These include:
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Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links, collected and numbered for your convenience.
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A Timeline Of Philosophical Questions: Content Request
In “The Intellectual Achievement of Creating Questions,” I explained why I thought it would be a good idea for the profession to have a…
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Revisiting “Grad Students: What Would You Tell Your Prof(s), But Can’t?”
About a year ago I asked, “Graduate students, what would you like to tell your professor(s) right now, but can’t?“
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Erik Banks (1970-2017)
Erik Banks, Professor of Philosophy at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, died unexpectedly on August 18th. He was 47.
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Claims About Cultural Superiority (including guest post by Mollie Gerver)
[note: this is introductory material; Dr. Gerver’s post begins below the line.] All cultures are not equal. Or at least they are not equal…
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Custom Student Evaluations Of Teaching
Maybe, just maybe, if more of the comments on our student evaluations looked like the following, they’d be worth it:
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Mini-Heap x 2
Usually, the Mini-Heap contains 10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links, collected and numbered for your convenience. However, after last week’s break, many…
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Large Grant To Support Pre-College Philosophy In Australasia
The Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Association (FAPSA) has been awarded $281,656 AUD (roughly US$224,000) to fund a project that brings philosophy to pre-college students.
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the latest from some key online philosophy resources.
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All Members of President’s Committee on Arts & Humanities Resign
All 17 of the non-governmental members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) today submitted a group resignation letter (posted below), effectively disbanding…
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