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German Philosophy
2018 Philosophers of the Year: Schopenhauer, Marx, Merleau-Ponty [quiz]
philosophynews.com - 16. December 2018 Philosophy News News
This December, the OUP Philosophy team marks the end of a great year by honouring three of 2018’s top Philosophers of the Month. The immeasurable …
I recently thought something unsettling about claims of objectivity. It is
philosophynews.com - 16. December 2018 Philosophy News News
Read another response about KnowledgeRead another response by Stephen MaitzenShareKnowledgeI recently thought something unsettling about claims of …
Philosophy of Science
Katherine and the Katherine: On the syntactic distribution of names and count nouns
pitt.edu - Robin Jeshion
Names are referring expressions and interact with the determiner system only exceptionally, in stark contrast with count nouns. The-predicativists …
Allen Ginsberg
In 1965, Allen Ginsberg began using a tape recorder to produce his work — the same technology that the CIA and FBI were to
philosophynews.com - 15. December 2018 Philosophy News News
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Mashups
Made By Philosophers!
dailynous.com - Justin Weinberg
If you are still in the market for presents, or just want some cool philosophy stuff……you should check out the gifts designed by the philosophers who …
Philosophy of Science
Why we cannot see the tails of Schrödinger's cat
pitt.edu - Shan Gao
In collapse theories of quantum mechanics such as the GRW theory, the measurement result is represented by the post-measurement state which is still …
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Philosophy of Science
Unconventional teaching ideas that work: Feeling it first (Brendan Larvor)
philosophynews.com - 14. December 2018 Philosophy News News
By Brendan Larvor, Reader in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire I was teaching philosophy of science to second year undergraduates at the …
Stanford University
Adrienne Mayor, "Gods and Robots: Ancient Dreams of Technology"
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Long before technology made robots possible, Greek mythology envisioned ideas about creating artificial life—and grappling with ethical concerns …
IT
Information
philosophynews.com - 14. December 2018 Philosophy News News
[Revised entry by Pieter Adriaans on December 14, 2018. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] Philosophy of Information deals with the …
Postcards
Postcard from the Bahamas
philosophynews.com - 14. December 2018 Philosophy News News
It’s a long flight, and not the most comfortable (thanks, BA). But lovely to be in the Bahamas again, on a family visit. Brexit news …
Children's Rights
Children’s Rights
philosophynews.com - 14. December 2018 Philosophy News News
[Revised entry by David William Archard on December 14, 2018. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Children are young human beings. Some children are …
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Cambridge University
Plotinus on Consciousness
philosophynews.com - 14. December 2018 Philosophy News News
2018.12.13 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews D. M. Hutchinson, Plotinus on Consciousness, Cambridge University Press, 2018, …
Latinx
Latinx Philosophy
phin.ws - 13. December 2018 Philosophy News News
[New Entry by Manuel Vargas on December 13, 2018.] Latinx philosophy is philosophical work substantively concerned with Latinxs, including the moral, …
Latinx
Latinx Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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1. Current Issues Current work on Latinx philosophy tends to cluster into several subject matters: (1) accounts of group identity, including accounts …
Philosophy of Science
Diagnosing Sorites arguments
pitt.edu - Robert C. Stalnaker
This is a discussion of Delia Fara’s theory of vagueness, and of its solution to the Sorites paradox, criticizing some of the details of the account, …
Philosophy of Science
Can We Quarantine the Quantum Blight?
pitt.edu - Craig Callender
In the science fiction novel Quarantine, Greg Egan imagines a universe where interactions with human observers collapse quantum wavefunctions. …
A Tale of Love and Hate
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'Merit' and the job-market: skewed values?
philosophynews.com - 13. December 2018 Philosophy News News
By Sam Duncan (Tidewater Community College) I’ve noticed in discussions here and elsewhere that many people react with a truly remarkable degree of …
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Philosophy of Science
A Bridge Between Q-Worlds
pitt.edu - Benjamin Eva
Quantum set theory (QST) and topos quantum theory (TQT) are two long running projects in the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics that share …
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The shackles of moral perfection. Both utilitarianism and rationalism, embraced fully, create servants. The nonmoral parts
philosophynews.com - 14. December 2018 Philosophy News News
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Philosophy of Science
Underdetermination of infinitesimal probabilities
pitt.edu - Alexander R. Pruss
A number of philosophers have attempted to solve the problem of null-probability possible events in Bayesian epistemology by proposing that there are …
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Philosophy of Science
On the Capacity for Vision Through Sensory Substitution - Philsci-Archive
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Pence, David (2018) On the Capacity for Vision Through Sensory Substitution. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. ISSN …
King's College London
Maite Ezcurdia (2018)
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Maite Ezcurdia, research fellow at the Institute of Philosophical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), has died. Dr. …
American Philosophy
Lopes Wins APA's Quinn Prize
dailynous.com - Justin Weinberg
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has named Dominic McIver Lopes, professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia, as the …
Diagrams
philosophynews.com - 13. December 2018 Philosophy News News
[Revised entry by Sun-Joo Shin, Oliver Lemon, and John Mumma on December 13, 2018. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] All of us engage …
Nazi Salute Photo and Free Expression
philosophynews.com - 14. December 2018 Philosophy News News
When I was in elementary school my classmate, Danny, drew a swastika on his arm. The principal saw the Nazi symbol and reacted with righteous anger, …
Notre Dame
Genetic Ethics: An Introduction // Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews // University of Notre Dame
nd.edu - Colin Farrelly
[1] A recent victim is Toby Young, who was pressured to resign from a government post in Britain after arguing that parents should be given access to …
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Madness and Wisdom
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Notre Dame
Plotinus on Consciousness // Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews // University of Notre Dame
nd.edu - D. M. Hutchinson
The view that ancient philosophers made no use of the notion of consciousness, and perhaps even the view that consciousness does not enter …
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Myths
Big Bang Creation Myths
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