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Florida Philosophical Association Conference
Events takes place on Santa Fe College campus
Forty-three philosophers will speak on a wide range of subjects. Speakers include distinguished guest, Ernest Sosa (Rutgers), as well as UF philosophers John Biro, Bill Butchard & Robert D'Amico, Marija Jankovic, Michael Jubien, Kirk Ludwig, Ed Perez, Greg Ray, Jon Tresan, and Gene Witmer, as well as Marina Oshana and David Copp.
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Conversation and Responsibility
Michael McKenna (FSU)
4:00 pm in Philosophy Library, 303 Griffin Floyd Hall
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JAX U President Delivers Philosophy Slam
—Florida Times-Union (5 Nov)
Jacksonville University president, Kerry Romesburg, held forth at the London Bridge Pub on questions of ethics in business. The event was part of the JU-UNF Philosophy Slam series -- philosophical topics and high-spirited debate in a public setting.
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Philosophy of Wine
—New Zealand Herald (2 Nov)
"Philosophers have regularly used wine to lubricate their debates - at the ancient Greek symposium, wine likely flowed as fast as the thoughts on which Western philosophy was founded. However, wine itself being a worthy subject for deeper intellectual inquiry or aesthetic contemplation is a relatively recent phenomenon, albeit one that's now being paid attention in today's temples of wisdom."
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Thanks for the Zombies
—Chronicle of Higher Education (25 Oct)
Philosopher Stephen Asma examines the role of monsters in our moral and cultural development. "People frequently underestimate the role of art and imagery in their own moral convictions....In a significant sense, monsters are a part of our attempt to envision the good life."
World Philosophy Day - Nov 19th November 19th is World Philosophy Day. Initiated by UNESCO in 2002, WPD aims to "bring philosophy closer to everyone." Russia is this year's official WPD host and will sponsor special events in Moscow on that day. World Philosophy Day falls on the third Thursday in November each year. You can read more about UNESCO's several philosophy initiatives here.
—UNESCO (19 Nov)
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Climate Change as Moral Dilemma
—Toronto Star (28 Oct)
Economist and Oxford philosopher John Broome argues that the challenge we face in facing the prospect of climate change is primarily and profoundly a moral dilemma.
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Pondering a Philosophy for the Academy & Academics
—Chronicle of Higher Ed (25 Oct)
"In one of Plato's dialogues, Socrates warns a student that teachers can be dangerous. "You do not even know to whom you are committing your soul," Socrates says, "and whether the thing to which you commit yourself be good or evil."...."People often think that education works either to improve you or to leave you as you were," philosopher Stephen M. Cahn says. "But that's not right. An unsuccessful education can ruin you. It can kill your interest in a topic. It can make you a less-good thinker. It can leave you less open to rational argument. So we do good and bad as teachers—it's not just good or nothing."...Many graduate schools offer courses and workshops on research ethics, but...seminars that combine the ethics of teaching, research, and administration have been much rarer." [Full access to this article requires on-campus connection or Chron H. Ed. subscription.]
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Consciousness is Not in Your Head Any More Than the Dance is in the Dancer
—The Edge (20 Oct)
Philosopher Alva Noë's new book, Out of Our Heads, argues that it is a mistake to think of consciousness as something inside of us and likewise a mistake to think we are (roughly) nothing more than our brains. Noë talks about his central ideas in a video on The Edge. A journalistic brief of the book can also be found on Religion Dispatches.
Love of Persons and Love of Country Berkeley's Niko Kolodny and Wellington's Simon Keller philosophize about love on Bloggingheads.tv.
—Bloggingheads.tv (19 Oct)
First Senior Fellow of Public Understanding of Philosophy Appointed in UK Professor Angela Hobbs of Warwick University has been appointed Senior Fellow for Public Understanding of Philosophy and is "charged with bringing philosophy to as wide an audience as possible in Britain and beyond."
—Times Higher Education (18 Oct)
Consciousness Revisited and Reviewed You can catch Jerry Fodor's review of Michael Tye's new book, Consciousness Revisted, in the Times Literary Supplement.
—Times Literary Supplement (16 Oct)
Hobbes Cycle-a-thon Three cyclists are riding from Ault Hucknall to Malmsbury to raise money for…17th century philosopher, Thomas Hobbes.
—Gazette & BHerald (13 Oct)
Bertrand Russell Hits the Top 10 "Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth", the 300 page graphic novel starring Bertrand Russell and the search for the foundations of mathemtics is one of the Top 10 sellers on Amazon in both the US and UK.
—The Independent (13 Oct)
A New Citizenship In the 2009 Reith Lectures, political philosopher, Michael Sandel, explores "the prospects of a new politics of the common good." His series of four lectures, collectively entitled "A New Citizenship", are available in audio online from the BBC.
—BBC (12 Oct)
Aristotle After School Columbia University Philosophy students launch a Philosophy Outreach program. Now in its second successful year, the program has started after-school philosophy clubs in high schools across New York City and offers guest speakers to high school classes on a wide variety of topics. The program was conceived of and is staffed by graduate students from Columbia University's Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy and Education program there. Philosophy for younger students can translate into tangible benefits. An early Philosophy for Children program was able to show "significant improvements in the reading and critical thinking skills of middle school children."
—Columbia Daily Spectator (8 Oct)
Philosophers Set Up Lab for Thinking Scientists Philosophers at the University of Western Ontario have set up a "lab" where scientists can think about science. The new Rotman Institute of Science and Values brings scientists together with ethicists and philosophers of science in "an interdisciplinary space where graduate students and professors are able to engage in philosophical discussions that explore the basic foundations of science….The institute encourages researchers to ask critical questions that lie at the interface between ethics and the epistemology of contemporary science."
—Western News (8 Oct)
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