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3. Article on author Lucy Eyre, her philosophically-informed novel, If Minds Had Toes, and the value of teenagers studying philosophy (free registration required).
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5. An Italian philosopher who had been jailed for nine years fo..
Does Claude Want a Body? Is It Trying Not to Worry Us?
Claude 3, the latest language model from Anthropic, was released earlier this week; people are experimenting with it, being impressed by it, and some think the high-end version of it, called “Claude 3 Opus”, could be a version of artificial general intelligence (AGI). (more…)
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Disproportionate and Intended Harm to Innocents in Israel’s War in Gaza (guest post)
“Experts on just war disagree on what precisely counts as permissible proportion. But clearly this is grossly disproportionate.”
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Philosophical Groups and Societies
There are a lot of academic philosophy groups and philosophical organizations. But we don’t know about all of them.
James F. Drane (1930-2023)
James F. Drane, emeritus professor of philosophy and clinical bioethics at Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro, died this past April. (more…)
Philosophy News Summary
During the summer slow-down, many news items will be consolidated in occasional “philosophy news” summary posts. This is the first. (more…)
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Multimodal LLMs Are Here (updated)
“What’s in this picture?” “Looks like a duck.” “That’s not a duck. Then what’s it?” “Looks more like a bunny.” (more…)
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All Souls Philosophy Exam Questions
A necessary condition of becoming an Examination (or Prize) Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, is taking an exam. (more…)
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APA Announces Prizes and Honors
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of several prizes and honors. (more…)
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Resurrecting Brains: Philosophical Questions and New Ethical Territory (guest post)
A team of scientists led by Nenad Sestan (Yale) have “restored circulation to the brains of decapitated pigs and kept the reanimated organs alive for as long as 36 hours,” reports MIT Technology Review. The method used to keep pigs’ brains alive outside the body will work on other animals, including primates, Sestan said. The following is a guest post* by Carolyn Di..
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The Legality of Hiring for Diversity
There is a great discussion on the thread about diversity in philosophy departments at undergraduate institutions, with many thoughtful comments and constructive suggestions still coming in.
One set of concerns that arises in these discussions has to do with the legality of trying to hire in a way that will make for a more diverse department. This was a topic addre..