Links you may want to check out... “They call it repugnant, this world Z of ours / Where zillions breathe beneath ordinary stars / But let me tell you of a lottery divine / Where existence itself is the prize on the line” -- Richard Chappell, in search of philosophically moving music, has cranked the bombast| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
As regular readers know, I champion ‘synthetic philosophy.’ I tend to present synthetic philosophers as being hybrids: drawing on the more general art of recognizing conceptual patterns combined with a foundational expertise in some generic scientific/mathematical model or technique.| digressionsimpressions.substack.com
Philosophical Studies, 2025| New Work in Philosophy
A new study "offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers." Readers may recall the previous research of Michael Prinzing (Baylor) & Michael Vazquez (UNC), discussed here last year, about how "philosophy majors tend to [show] more growth than non-philosophy majors" on some traits indexed by the Habits of Mind| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
Mini-Heap| Daily Nous
Mini-Heap| Daily Nous
On “Chilling Effects” and the “Rowdiness” of Free Speech| Daily Nous
