�� Kit Arrowsmith6 days agoSo many unmarried menAeon Media - Ellie RobsonIn the 1950s, the philosopher Mary Midgley did something that, according to philosophical orthodoxy, she wasn’t supposed to do. In a BBC radio script …
�� Kit Arrowsmith3 days agoMachine Or Moi — A French Philosopher Takes On Microsoft's AI Chatbotworldcrunch.com - Chloé TouchardPARIS — As the AI World Summit was getting underway earlier this week, I took a dazzling technological leap: After several months of avoidance, I …
�� Kit ArrowsmithMar 23, 2022Erich Fromm on Human Nature, the Common Laziness of Optimism and Pessimism, and Why We Need Rational Faith in the Human SpiritThe Marginalian - By Maria Popova“Hope is a gift you don’t have to surrender, a power you don’t have to throw away,” Rebecca Solnit wrote in her magnificent manifesto for hope in times of despair. “And though hope can be an act of defiance, defiance isn’t enough reason to hope.” Decades earlier, the great German humanistic …
�� Kit ArrowsmithDr. Paul Cartledge on Socrates: The Philosopher Who Changed the Worldthecollector.com - Richard MarrancaSocrates was a famous Greek philosopher who was often credited as the father of Western philosophy. While many students are familiar with his beliefs …
�� Kit ArrowsmithBrace for a Big Shock About Your Perception of Realitypsychologytoday.com - Eric Haseltine Ph.D.Why AI and the brain perceive only what they predict, not what's actually there. Reality isn't what you think it is. Everyday experience suggests that …
�� Kit ArrowsmithVoltaire’s Candide: Exploring the Philosophy of Optimismthecollector.com - Thom DelapaBorn Francois-Marie Arouet in 1694, this celebrated playwright, poet, essayist, and philosopher reinvented himself as simply “Voltaire” in 1718. …