Brian Weatherson
Philosopher at University of Michigan. https://brian.weatherson.org/
Ford School welcomes senior scholars Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihanfordschool.umich.edu On June 20, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved the appointments of two distinguished new Ford School faculty, sociologist Pamela Herd and political scientist Donald Moynihan.
Dennett's Powerful Ideas: The Philosophy and Legacy of Daniel Dennetturldefense.com
Supreme Court Rules Hitler Immune from Prosecution for Burning Down Reichstag, Seizing Absolute Powercrookedtimber.org If the current Supreme Court had held comparable office in Weimar Germany, that is, its opinion in Trump v. United States would have rendered the judgment in this post’s headline. Never mind …
Supreme Court Rules Hitler Immune from Prosecution for Burning Down Reichstag, Seizing Absolute Powercrookedtimber.org If the current Supreme Court had held comparable office in Weimar Germany, that is, its opinion in Trump v. United States would have rendered the judgment in this post’s headline. Never mind …
The End of Friendshipksetiya.substack.com Michael Stocker (1939-2024) died earlier this month. He was a pathbreaking moral philosopher who wrote (at least!) three essays every ethicist ought to read: one about the dangers of moral theory, one about wanting what you think is worthless, and one about the reasons of friendship.
Who Won The First Biden-Trump Presidential Debate?projects.fivethirtyeight.com We’re partnering with Ipsos to poll voters before and after the candidates take the stage.
Empathy for the Deaddoi.org This paper argues that profound grief stems largely from our empathy for the dead. The Epicureans defended a version of this idea, claiming that the misery of grief is the product of imagining ourselv...
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A Searchable Digital Map of Principia Mathematicadailynous.com Principia Mathematica, by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, is known for its significant influence on work in philosophy, logic, and early computer science. It was originally published in t...
Finally, an Honest-to-Goodness Great New Rom-Comslate.com Hit Man is actually funny, actually sexy, and announces the arrival of a major new movie star.
Emancipatory Attentionjournals.publishing.umich.edu The aim of this paper is to show that, for the purposes of addressing the epistemic aspects of systemic injustice, we need a notion of emancipatory attention. When the epistemic and ethical elem...
“Everyone is absolutely terrified”: Inside a US ally’s secret war on its American criticswww.vox.com A foreign government is trying to silence US critics of its authoritarian turn — and it's succeeding.
Editors at Philosophy & Public Affairs Resign; Will Launch New OA Journaldailynous.com The executive, associate, and advisory editors and all of the editorial board members of one of the most influential journals in moral and political philosophy, Philosophy & Public Affairs, have resig...
Logic and Informationwww.cambridge.org Cambridge Core - Logic - Logic and Information
Letter says UNC Chapel Hill secretly records professorswww.insidehighered.com A business school professor was startled to learn that the university had recorded his classes as part of a ‘review’ he didn’t know about. The university says it has no formal policy on filming classe...
When Online Content Disappearswww.pewresearch.org A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
Your Favorite Indie Restaurant Is Probably a Chainwww.eater.com Restaurant groups are dominating local scenes. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
Bodleian Library manuscripts can now be downloaded as PDFs!!www.roger-pearse.com I was looking at the online copy of the Bodleian manuscript of Plato, the “Clarkianus” 39 (here), when I discovered something wonderful. We can now download the whole thing as a PDF! T…
How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondassherwood.news I was the first person to ask my Honda dealer how to turn off data sharing. It didn't go well....