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The Elucidations Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

28. November 2018 Philosophy News News

by Matt Teichman I completed my PhD in philosophy at the University of Chicago in 2015 (on generic statements, in case anyone is interested), and ... Read [More]

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The Ethics of Deep-Sea Mining

28. November 2018 Philosophy News News

As available metals become scarcer, some are looking to deep-sea mining to feed the ever-hungry economies of the world. While terrestrial mining typically involves cutting into the earth, deep-see [More]

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We build the boxes we live in, write on square pieces of paper, and invented the four-cornered frame. This frame is what separates us from nature itself

28. November 2018 Philosophy News News

We build the boxes we live in, write on square pieces of paper, and invented the four-cornered frame. This frame is what separates us from nature [More]

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Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience

28. November 2018 Philosophy News News

2018.11.25 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Gregg D. Caruso and Owen Flanagan (eds.), Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience, Oxford [More]

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Tim Button, Loving the Universe

27. November 2018 Philosophy News News

I was having coffee this morning with Thomas Forster, and we were talking — as you do — about theories with a universal set, and the claim that (a version of) Church’s Theory with [More]

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Survey results on peer-review

27. November 2018 Philosophy News News

Several days ago, I put up this informal survey to gauge readers' opinions about various features of peer review. Here are the results, organized by what I will call the good, the ambivalent, and [More]

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Black Issues in Philosophy: Gordon and Da Silva on Brazil and Africana Philosophy

27. November 2018 Philosophy News News

This interview previously appeared in a special issue of EntreLetras Journal. I offer its reprint here in light of the recent elections in Brazil, which ... Read [More]

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Why Would We Want to Call People “Great Thinkers”? A Response to Julian Baggini

27. November 2018 Philosophy News News

by Martin Lenz If you have ever been at a rock or pop concert, you might recognise the following phenomenon: The band on the stage ... Read [More]

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Absolute Time: Rifts in Early Modern British Metaphysics

27. November 2018 Philosophy News News

2018.11.24 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Emily Thomas, Absolute Time: Rifts in Early Modern British Metaphysics, Oxford University Press, 2018, 236pp., $61.00 (hbk), ISBN [More]

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The modern world teems with beliefs in astrology, paranormality, and demonic possession. But that isn't evidence we've left the Enlightenment’s legacy unfulfilled

27. November 2018 Philosophy News News

The modern world teems with beliefs in astrology, paranormality, and demonic possession. But that isn't evidence we've left the Enlightenment’s legacy [More]

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