A Plato Reader: Eight Essential Dialogues. Trans. C. D. C. Reeve. (Hackett).

RaimondGaita, Australia's 'most beloved moral philosopher,' was profiled by abctv's Compass program last night. He showed writer Maria Tumarkin the value of face-to-face conversation.
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How babies’ and children’s temperament varies around the world | Psyche Ideas

International research reveals intriguing regional differences in temperament – the infant precursor to adult personality. psyche.co/ideas/how-babi…

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Heidegger On What Makes For A Good Friend | by Philosophy Publics (formerly @thinkPhilosophy) philosophypublics.medium.com/heidegger-on-w…

The adversarial culture in philosophy does not serve the truth | By Martin Lenz ⁦Martin Lenz⁩

”We clearly risk our reputation much more when proposing an idea rather than criticising it. This systematically disadvantages proponents of (new) ideas.” aeon.co/ideas/the-adve…

I have a second new paper out this week, this one on LLMs. It asks what LLMs are doing and argues that they are merely playing a game, like a chess computer. It appears in this excellent collection edited by Anna Strasser DenkWerkstatt Berlin denkwerkstatt.berlin/ANTHOLOGY-AI-2…

In Istanbul, cats are kings & queens. This one jumped into my seat, but I’d to nudge it to move since I’m extremely allergic to cats. The cat then found a chair next to me and sat there staring angrily at me. In the end it refused to be photographed and turned its head away. 🐈

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In beautiful Padova for a double event - a symposium on my book and a Kant conference on Freedom of Research. Kant’s Streit der Fakultäten today.

The European Research Council (ERC) recently announced the winners of its latest round of large “Advanced Grants”.

Three philosophers were among them. dailynous.com/2024/05/21/phi…

May 22nd-24th the Brazilian Congress on Christian Wolff' will take place, in hybrid format (in the CLCH Event Room of the London State University, CLCH, and on the YouTube channel 'Theories of Justice - Philosophy UEL'.

How does a precious ancient Greek mosaic get from an excavation site to a museum? | Aeon Videos aeon.co/videos/how-doe…

'Christia Mercer's study will force scholars to reconsider their basic assumptions about early modern philosophy & science. A very significant contribution to the history of early modern philosophy that will be of special importance to philosophers, historians of ideas'

I have a new paper out today, which offers
a simplified definition of illusionism and explores the ethical implications of the view. It's open access. --> The Ethical Implications of Illusionism | Neuroethics link.springer.com/article/10.100…?

The Philosophical Hitchcock: Vertigo and the Anxieties of Unknowingness | Robert Pippin | Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-ph…

'Leibniz and Malebranche on the Problem of Evil.

Dr. Steven Nadler discusses Leibniz, Malebranche and Arnauld on Theodicy and the Problem of Evil. (H/t ⁦Christopher Satoor​​⁩) #philosophy youtu.be/xN8EV5yxcUQ?fe…

Forthcoming:
'Sense, Nonsense, and Subjectivity'
Markus Gabriel
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