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Wittgenstein's house on a lake was built as a retreat from the world. But it turns out he was an oddly ostentatious recluse

Wittgenstein's house on a lake was built as a retreat from the world. But it turns out he was an oddly ostentatious...

Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Harold Bloom, “a singular breed of scholar-teacher-critic-prose-poet-pamphleteer,” has died. He was 89... Graeme Wood... Michael Dirda... Justin A. Sider... Dwight Garner... James Romm... Guardian... AP

Harold Bloom, “a singular breed of scholar-teacher-critic-prose-poet-pamphleteer,” has died. He was 89... Graeme Wood... Michael Dirda... Justin A. Sider... Dwight Garner... James Rom...

Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Harold Bloom, “a singular breed of scholar-teacher-critic-prose-poet-pamphleteer,” has died. He was 89... Graeme Wood... Michael Dirda... Justin A. Sider... Dwight Garner... Guardian... AP

Harold Bloom, “a singular breed of scholar-teacher-critic-prose-poet-pamphleteer,” has died. He was 89... Graeme Wood... Michael Dirda... Justin A. Sider... Dwight Garner... Guardian....

Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Is Trump a Tyrant? Part III: False Equivalency

Fallacies and rhetoric are common tools in political debates for the same reason hammers and saws are common tools in carpentry: because they work. In the case of politics, “working” means that they e...

Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Three Reasons Why We Should Not Request Letters of Recommendation for Job Applications

by Helen De Cruz A standard element for a job application for a philosophy tenure-track position is three (or more) letters of recommendation, requested up front. Just glancing through this year’s Phi...

Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Assessing the Moral Status of Robots: A Shorter Defence of Ethical Behaviourism

[This is the text of a lecture that I delivered at Tilburg University on the 24th of September 2019. It was delivered as part of the 25th Anniversary celebrations for TILT (Tilburg Institute for Law, ...

Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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Les Gilets Jaunes and the Hierarchy of Environmental Needs

on January 17 2019Alexander Finer
"France is in flames" writes Alexander Finer in this article about Les Gilets Jaunes or "Yellow Vests" protests. Finer argues that the root of the controversy partly lies in a lack of awareness on the part of the French government to recognize how certain policies affect the ability of vulnerable parts of the population to meet basic felt needs. He roots his argument in Maslow's hierarchy which, he believes, can help us better understand what is fueling the discord as well as be used to facilitate a solution....

How to Argue With People

on September 02 2018Paul Pardi
Talking with people about difficult or controversial topics can be a real challenge (and it seems there are plenty of those conversations these days). This article covers the basics of argumentation and offers some strategies on how to make difficult conversations with people more productive....

Taming the Beast: Building Self-regulating AI

on July 12 2018Paul Pardi
Artificial Intelligence is all the rage these days–at least among the tech Illuminati. The attitude among the general population on the other hand seems to range from indifference, to fear, to outright antagonism. One of the big concerns many people share is the worry that AI systems will become too powerful and grow beyond the ability of their creators to manage and control. Is there a solution?...
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