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A Brief Look Back at 2017

What did philosophers talk about in 2017?
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silly bunny on Overlooked Originators in Philosophy

This is getting a bit silly. The point is not to just identify similar ideas. The point is identify ideas that may have

ClassicalMusic on Overlooked Originators in Philosophy

Probably various philosophers borrow from classical sources and then subtly disguise their tracks. What did Taylor Swift say to the ancient Greek doctor? "She doesn't get

Jeremy Fischer on Sounding the Alarm: 2021-2022 COVID Risks at Unprotected Colleges and Universities (guest post)

Thanks for your post, CarlD. I actually agree that (1) a permanent state of emergency must be guarded against, (2) we do and should accept some […]

Moti Gorin on Sounding the Alarm: 2021-2022 COVID Risks at Unprotected Colleges and Universities (guest post)

I wonder who has suggested we accept a "permanent state of emergency"? The virus will continue to evolve among the walking, talking incubators who cannot […]

Nicolas Delon on Sounding the Alarm: 2021-2022 COVID Risks at Unprotected Colleges and Universities (guest post)

ha, no worries!

Nicolas Delon on Sounding the Alarm: 2021-2022 COVID Risks at Unprotected Colleges and Universities (guest post)

Thanks, that's helpful. I was going to say that, regardless of the absence of a mandate (or even strong incentives), if you knew that enough

CarlD on Sounding the Alarm: 2021-2022 COVID Risks at Unprotected Colleges and Universities (guest post)

I wonder if the unexamined baseline here is zero risk. The vaccine is available and as effective as vaccines can be. Vaccine + mask is […]

Mark on Overlooked Originators in Philosophy

What about Hume's bundle theory of the self being anticipated and richly developed by Buddhists 2,000 years earlier (ie anatta or "not-self")?

benjamin s. yost on Sounding the Alarm: 2021-2022 COVID Risks at Unprotected Colleges and Universities (guest post)

It's vaccine bullying to say that nonvaccinated people are a public health risk?

Ex Grad on Overlooked Originators in Philosophy

This is great!

Prof L on Sounding the Alarm: 2021-2022 COVID Risks at Unprotected Colleges and Universities (guest post)

Please don’t ever ask your students to sign a petition.

David Chalmers on Overlooked Originators in Philosophy

jonathan harrison's wonderful 1967 aristotelian society short story/article "a philosopher's nightmare"(https://philpapers.org/rec/HARXPN) is a neglected classic in the brain-in-vat genre.

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