Black Friday 2021: Get ready for amazing deals heading your way this week – CNET
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iPhone 13 review: Apple delivers a delightful upgrade – CNET
One of the most-hyped new camera features is Cinematic mode. It’s kind of like Portrait mode…
How Much Do Philosophy Professors Grade?
She notes that teaching is evaluated by her department in part on the basis of what…
Life, Death, and What Fills the Interlude with Meaning: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Touching Diary Reflections on His Dying Mother and His Five-Year-Old Daughter
Published the year of Darwin’s bittersweet reckoning with his own daughter’s mortality and sold by private…
13 Black Friday deals we can’t wait to buy – CNET
This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2021, our list of ideas, by topic, by…
World Philosophy Day & the Growth of Philosophy
You can read the full introduction here. None of this should be surprising. By virtue of…
The best outdoor smart plugs to schedule your Christmas lights – CNET
When it comes to smart plugs for outdoor devices, the options are a bit more limited….
Save Philosophy at Bloomsburg
Dear Chancellor Greenstein, We are not requesting an “opportunity” to re-apply for the major, which would…
Qiu Lin Wins 2021 Aristotle Prize
Scholars have written much about the Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) and his attempts to make…
Women in Philosophy: Recent Reports (updated)
Two studies have recently been conducted on the status of women in the philosophy profession, with…
Everywell’s at-home health testing kits are 25% off right now – CNET
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Shifting the Silence to Find the Meaning: 95-Year-Old Artist, Poet, and Philosopher Etel Adnan on How to Live and How to Die
Word-languages are a trap… They created chaos and made us sink in incoherence… Our words don’t…
When Pac-Man meets OnePlus, green glowy things happen – CNET
Andrew Hoyle/CNET You’ll also find Pac-Man ringtones and the game Pac-Man 256 pre-installed, which is free…
Gilbert Harman (1938-2021)
At the same time that Gil was working on linguistics and the philosophy of language, he…
Women in Trees: Sweet and Subversive Vintage Photographs of Defiant Delight
Imagine, then, my delight when a friend handed me a copy of More Women in Trees…
COP26 climate agreement strikes some as ‘good deal,’ others as ‘blah, blah, blah’ – CNET
Getty Images Nearly 200 countries reached an agreement at the United Nations COP26 climate summit Saturday…
Best pillow top mattresses for 2021 – CNET
I also love how versatile the Saatva bed can be. It’s available in two different heights…
Immanuel Kant’s Critical Race Theory
Immanuel Kant is in the news today following the discovery that he basically invented critical race…
What You Like About Your Philosophy Department
Sometimes you need to remember the good things in life, including your professional life. Let’s focus…
Marvel takes you behind the scenes in new Disney Plus documentaries – CNET
Disney is celebrating the second birthday of its streaming service on Friday with a slew of teasers,…
When Your Parents Are Dying: Some of the Simplest, Most Difficult and Redemptive Life-Advice You’ll Ever Receive
Knowing your feelings is hard too because there’s so much emotion, it’s hard to tell which…
How Philosophers Respond to Objections
Professor Cholbi kindly gave me permission to share the handout here. He acknowledges it is not…
Gravity, Grace, and What Binds Us: Poet Jane Hirshfield’s Timeless Hymn to Love and the Proud Scars of the Heart
It is on gravity’s metaphor we lean when we speak of the binding force of love…
The best video games released in 2021 so far – CNET
Enjoy games like Zelda: A Link to the Past and Earthbound? Of course you do. You’re…
The Geometry of Grief: Mathematician Michael Frame on How Fractals Help Fathom and Move Through Loss
The most gladdening thing about grief parallels the most gladdening thing about science: However meticulous our…
How Military Veterans Contribute to Academic Philosophy (guest post)
[Self-portrait of PFC Archie Sweetman, carved into the wall of the WWI soldier’s underground living space…
Best period underwear in 2021 – CNET
Advertised absorbency: The Leakproof Full Coverage Hipster holds up to five regular tampons (25ml). If you…
Best twin mattress in 2021 – CNET
Another luxury hotel-worthy option, the Leesa Legend twin mattress was soft, inviting and had just the…
Experimenting with Higher Education
You know, this very morning my students and I discussed the value of sex in a…
Nebraska at Kearney Philosophy Major May Be Eliminated
Some efforts since then to increase these numbers appear to have been hindered by the pandemic….