The Guardian
Move over, Aristotle: can a bot solve moral philosophy?
3 min · · Delphi, an online AI bot, promises to answer any moral question users pose. We put it to the test · Shared by 269, including Dean Anthony Gratton, Marcus Borba, Carla Gentry 🎶, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Iain Brown, PhD, Uyên Đỗ, Prof. Sally Eaves, Harold Sinnott, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Allen Institute for AI, Neil Hart 💙, Brian Ahier
Aeon+Psyche
Why there’s no such thing as the mind and nothing is mental
12+ min · · The terms ‘mind’ and ‘mental’ are messy, harmful and distracting. We should get rid of them · Shared by 245, including Massimo Pigliucci, Anita Leirfall, Abeba Birhane, Uyên Đỗ, Howard Getson, Rick Powell, Nir Eyal, Alejandro Dominguez, Sonja Peteranderl (@glocalreporting@chaos.social), Jason Silva, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Matthias Lampe, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
The Guardian
The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?
20+ min · · The long read: A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist. Could they be right? · Shared by 425, including Albert Ràfols, Connie Ragen Green, Rick Powell, Anita Leirfall, Miguel Angel Escotet, Evan Selinger, Gregg Caruso, Uyên Đỗ, Anita Hill, Robert Talisse, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, justin caouette, Barry Ritholtz, Shubhankar Adhikari, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social
The New Statesman
Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in “anti-intellectual times”
8 min · · Thirty years ago, the philosopher Judith Butler, now 64, published a book that revolutionised popular attitudes on gender. Gender Trouble, the work she is perhaps best known for, introduced ideas of… · Shared by 511, including Marc Lamont Hill, Damon Young, Lucy Jones, Fräulein Tessa, Michael Seemann, Christopher Mims 🤌, Hrag, Kestrel Nicole VANDERWITCH!!!, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Samira El Ouassil, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Ethan Marcotte, Riley Black 🦕🏳️⚧️, David Smith, Tom Raftery, Psymposia, Liam Bright, Kara Swisher, Merlin Mann, Robin James
The Guardian
Stoicism in a time of pandemic: how Marcus Aurelius can help
4 min · · The Meditations, by a Roman emperor who died in a plague named after him, has much to say about how to face fear, pain, anxiety and loss · Shared by 492, including Jonathan Haidt, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Carly, Ceferino Díaz, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Uyên Đỗ, milan-fostier, Fabrizio Bianchi, ExApologist, Massimo Pigliucci, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
The New Yorker
The Man Who Thought Too Fast
5 min · · Frank Ramsey—a philosopher, economist, and mathematician—was one of the greatest minds of the last century. Have we caught up with him yet? · Shared by 687, including Gregg Caruso, Edward Tufte, Guy Longworth, Matthias Lampe, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), John Tasioulas, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Thomas Power, Nathan Baschez 📧, justin caouette, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Dr. A.S. Barwich, Paola Antonelli, Christian Surchi, David Papineau, Anita Leirfall, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Barry C Smith, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Crane
Guardian Tech
The meaning of life in a world without work
20+ min · · As technology renders jobs obsolete, what will keep us busy? Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari examines ‘the useless class’ and a new quest for purpose · Shared by 1369, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Claudia Sommer, Howard Getson, Dominik Grolimund, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jonathan Kogan, Andreas Von Gunten, Chris Messina, DonDahlmann, Nils Hitze, Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Jane, Herbert Bay, Stephen C Sanders, Richard Joerges, Nir Eyal, Klaus Eck, Sergio Caredda, Kris Fannin
Big Think
The hardest question ever asked: What is truth?
4 min · · Scientists believe they have the answer, but philosophers prove them wrong. · Shared by 313, including Uyên Đỗ, Lee Keyes, Anita Leirfall, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Trae Blain, Ian M Calvert, Jansnet, Ceferino Díaz
Five Books
The Best Books on Moral Philosophy | Five Books Expert Recommendations
7 min · · The questions of moral philosophy are not always best answered by philosophy books, says leading moral philosopher, Jonathan Glover. · Shared by 238, including Dr Rani Lill Anjum 🐦, Matteo Furia, Uyên Đỗ, Anita Leirfall, Carly
nature
How philosophy is making me a better scientist
4 min · · Rasha Shraim’s education helped her to think more deeply about ethics, logic and other big questions. · Shared by 535, including Liam Bright, sircharlsxavier, Guy Longworth, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Jonathan Kogan, Brian Leiter https://universeodon.com/@BrianLeiter, Mark Bradley, David Ndii, Uyên Đỗ, Anita Leirfall, Chris MacDonald, Massimo Pigliucci, justin caouette, ExApologist