Ten Humboldt professorships were awarded this year, across a range of disciplines. You can learn more about the other recipients here. The exploration and application of responsible AI is still a very young discipline and Vincent C. Müller can rightfully…
Some students learn only that they can question what is typically taken for granted, but even that little bit of knowledge can be be transformative in how they see things. Other students learn some of the philosophical tools that allow…
i) Ethics is to do with action. Decision theory is to do with action. It makes obvious sense to ask what we might learn from decision theory when we look at questions in ethics.ii) Some views in ethics have implications…
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Noting that “the mortal who has never enjoyed a speaking acquaintance with some individual tree is to be pitied,” for a tree “brings serene comfort to the human heart,” Comstock celebrates winter as the season that welcomes the most intimate…
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An Israel television network is making a film about Spinoza, who was excommunicated by this congregation in 1656. The producer of the film had planned to record Melamed in the synagogue and looking through its archives, and asked the synagogue’s…
A database of information regarding citations of researchers has been updated, and now includes information about the citation rates of researchers, including philosophers, through 2020. UPDATE 2: In a comment below, Shaun Gallagher offers a possible explanation for why certain expected…
He taught the first ever course on the subject, and fundamentally changed the way veterinarians are taught and how they practice. He co-wrote the 1982 federal laws that enforce humane treatment of animals in research. As a consequence, he has…
Complement with Mary Shelley, writing in Darwin’s epoch about a twenty-first-century world savaged by a deadly pandemic, on what makes life worth living and Walt Whitman, writing shortly after his paralytic stroke, on how an appetite for nature’s beauty restores…
Apple’s official MagSafe charger lists for but sells for on Amazon. It’s unclear whether its charging cable is any better than cheaper options from Aukey, RAVPower and others, but the wireless charging pad does look nice in silver and white.…
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