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Berggruen Institute Announces Winners of Its New $25,000 Essay Prize

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Published: October 22, 2024 12:29

The Berggruen Institute, a think tank oriented around cross-cultural and philosophical approaches to big questions about how to “best support flourishing relations between humans, technology, and the planet” and known for its $1 million “Prize for…

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Published: October 22, 2024 11:46

New links… Discussion welcome. “The majority of aphantasics report having been unaware of their inability to visualize for decades of their lives” — What explains this? Christian O. Scholz (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) suggests an answer “Can a social group…

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

https://dailynous.com/2024/10/21/online-philosophy-resources-weekly-update-374/

Published: October 21, 2024 13:13

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (If you notice something missing from the weekly update, let us know. Thanks.) SEP New: Locke on Medicine by Jonathan Craig Walmsley. Revised:…

Despite Reports, UConn Philosophy “Not at Risk”

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Published: October 21, 2024 12:11

Last week, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on worries that “dozens of majors could face elimination as part of a review of low-enrollment programs—a process that began amid a significant budget deficit.” The Chronicle article, which was being…

Teaching the Practical Value of Philosophy

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Published: October 17, 2024 15:00

Philosophy departments tout the practical, transferrable skills of philosophy majors that will help them succeed in a wide range of careers: critical thinking, clear communication, creativity, identifying questions and problems. Yet, as Jonathan Webber…

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Published: October 16, 2024 09:00

Links and links and links… Discussion welcome. Anyone can make a bot based on your persona and use it how they wish, and for most of us there is no legal protection against this — should there be? “The illusion of information adequacy” is the bias of…

More Minorities Are Earning Degrees in Philosophy

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Published: October 15, 2024 17:04

The percentage of bachelor’s degrees in philosophy awarded to members of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States has more than doubled since the turn of the century, as has the percentage of doctoral degrees in philosophy, according to reports…

James Moor (2024)

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Published: October 15, 2024 13:47

James H. Moor, professor emeritus of philosophy at Dartmouth College and pioneer in the field of computer ethics, died last month. Professor Moor is known as one of the founding fathers of computer ethics, owing to his influential 1985 paper, “What Is…

Is Epistemology Guilty of “Institutional Neglect of Science”?

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Published: October 14, 2024 16:03

Standard Analytic Epistemology (SAE) is the name Michael Bishop (Florida State) and J.D. Trout (Illinois Institute of Technology) give to “the dominant approach to the theory of knowledge in the English-speaking world.” And they have some problems with it.…

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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Published: October 14, 2024 09:00

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (If you notice something missing from the weekly update, let us know. Thanks.) SEP New: Johannes Clauberg by Nabeel Hamid. Trans Philosophy by…