Richard Double (1948-2021)
Double was a tireless teacher and generalist who wrote provocatively across many areas of philosophy, specializing…
You can buy a slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding – CNET
“Besides the main official five-tier wedding cake, some 22 other wedding cakes were supplied by various…
José Ortega y Gasset on the True Meaning and Measure of Intelligence
Half a millennium after the polymathic physicist, philosopher, inventor, and mathematician Blaise Pascal considered the limits…
Google to require vaccinations for on-campus work, postpones return to office – CNET
Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Richard Nieva/CNET Facebook also said on Wednesday that it would…
Sliwa from Cambridge to Vienna
Paulina Sliwa, currently senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Cambridge, will be moving to…
Best Android Auto head unit car stereos for 2021 – Roadshow
The Pioneer AVH-W4500NEX is our pick for best overall Android car stereo above, but it’s also…
Sounding the Alarm: 2021-2022 COVID Risks at Unprotected Colleges and Universities (guest post)
Alternately, we could defer to the safety task forces that determine these policies. It is fairly…
$1 Million Grant for Work on Philosophy of Contemporary and Future Science
The funds will support, among other things, postdocs and a PhD scholarship, each of which will involve…
Buy an iPhone 12 now or wait for the iPhone 13? How to choose what’s best for you – CNET
Subscribe to CNET’s Mobile newsletter for the latest phone news and reviews. Sarah Tew/CNET The iPhone…
The Truelove: Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on Reaching Beyond Our Limiting Beliefs About What We Deserve
The more vulnerable-making the endeavor, the more reflexive the limitation and the more redemptive the liberation….
Overlooked Originators in Philosophy
[Hilma af Klint, “Series VIII – Picture of the Starting Point”] In a recent post at…
Richard Dawkins on the Luckiness of Death
For each of us, one thing is true: Had any one variable been ever so subtly…
High-tech cars and cracked windshields don’t mix well – Roadshow
That process isn’t trivial during a windshield repair, lest the driver have a false sense of…
The Theory of Everything (We Know So Far): The Ultimate Animated Primer on the Most Successful Model of Reality in the History of Humanity and Its Fertile Limits
How the gaps in gravity contour the next frontiers in the quest to understand the fundaments…
Strange Philosophical Claims By Scientists
Inherent biases in the quantum propensities for alternative physical outcomes provide varying amounts of free will,…
Philosophers Among New British Academy Fellows
The following philosophers were elected as Corresponding Fellows: There were 84 new fellows elected in total….
Tree Islands and Networked Resilience: Biomimicry Pioneer Janine Benyus on the Power of Reciprocity in Nature and Our Human Future
Dismantling these fallacies might be especially challenging in America, in whose young mind Emerson’s cry of…
Philosopher Awarded Nearly $1 Million Grant for Memory and Forgiveness Project
The current project seeks to explore this relationship both empirically and theoretically. Based upon the working…
Rocky Mountain Flowers: The Daring Life and Art of Pioneering Plant Ecologist Edith Clements
Young, passionate, and poor, they headed for the Rocky Mountains to build a research station for…
UK man arrested for 2020 Twitter hack that targeted Biden, Musk – CNET
Subscribe to CNET Now for the day’s most interesting reviews, news stories and videos. James Martin/CNET…
Philosophy Labs: Some Recommendations (guest post)
How to Operate a Lab Setting up a philosophy lab doesn’t rival the complexity of setting…
SpaceX fires up its Super Heavy Starship rocket booster for the first time – CNET
When the whole system is ready, the idea is that a Starship loaded with cargo or…
Philosopher Among Dutch Research Council Grant Winners
In the 1930s, hundreds of European academics fled to the United States, escaping the quickly deteriorating…
Long-Running Ethics Blog Seeks New Editors
Those interested in applying to take over PEA Soup can find instructions on how to do…
Art as Aliveness: Willa Cather on Attention and Sensory Presence as Key to Creativity
Complement with James Baldwin on what it means to be an artist, then revisit Cather on…
Jorge J. E. Gracia (1942-2021)
Professor Gracia’s research and writing ranged across many areas of philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophical historiography, philosophy of…
Robinhood aims for $35B valuation in upcoming IPO – CNET
Robinhood has set itself up to be one of the most anticipated stock market listings of…
Blowing the Whistle on John Searle
In a post at his site, Dr. Kernion recounts what it was like to blow the…
Best luxury SUVs for 2021 – Roadshow
Sure, it costs over 0,000, but I can’t help thinking how fun it would be to…
These are the best cars under $40,000 – Roadshow
Andrew Krok/Roadshow The XC40 starts at ,695 including destination, and I actually like its lowest Momentum…