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About Those Useless Degrees 31 Jul 2013 | 09:17 pm
Courtesy Leiter Reports, the Physics Central Buzz Blog has a nice analysis of recent GRE results. Led by Philosophy, the LIberal Arts and Sciences continue to dominate in spite of Texas' best efforts.
Is Philosophy Also Useful? 12 Jul 2013 | 10:28 pm
Few who lack exposure to serious philosophical inquiry recognize its intrinsic value, understandably enough. Has it, though, instrumental value? Courtesy Leiter Reports, journalist Shannon Rupp offers...
The Study of Philosophy 16 Jun 2013 | 10:00 pm
In a 1946 essay, "Philosophy for the Laymen", Bertrand Russell takes up the question, why study philosophy? From the essay, Those who have a passion for quick returns and for an exact balance sheet o...
Epistemic Warfare 16 Jun 2013 | 09:53 pm
Peter Ludlow (Nortwestern) has a piece in the NY Times Stone series exploring the danger of corporate psychological operations (or 'psyops') on consumers. From the article, On May 28 Jeremy Hammond p...
What is Fair? 16 May 2013 | 12:57 am
Courtesy Leiter Reports, Jonathan Wolff has an essay in the Guardian (UK) on what politician's might need to know about fairness. From the essay, My first request to deliver a talk on fairness came f...
For the Gadflies Among Us 17 Apr 2013 | 10:30 pm
Peter Ludlow's (Northwestern) essay in the Times brings needed attention to the extreme measures the established order will take to obliterate the iconoclasts it finds irritating. From the essay, In ...
A Portrait of the Philosopher as a Young Man 5 Apr 2013 | 12:22 am
It seems that Monty Python hit the mark awfully closely: The young Kant would have been a spectacularly fun friend, according to three new biographies cited in this Guardian (UK) article.
A Venn Diagram of Evidence-Free Beliefs 26 Mar 2013 | 03:11 am
Courtesy Boing Boing, Crispian Jago has put together a Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense. Perhaps someone can explain 'Ear Candles'. On second thought, please don't.
On the Point of Logic 21 Mar 2013 | 06:14 am
In a delightful and accessible essay, computer science student Seth Kurtenbach (Missouri) explains why he loves logic and, along the way, why logic is important.
Symposium II: Scientific Ethics 21 Mar 2013 | 02:19 am
Start: 03/27/2013 7:00 pm Timezone: America/Chicago Start: 03/27/2013 7:00 pm Timezone: America/Chicago Dr. Tiller will be presenting the second of many symposia. His talk will outline George Sant...
