- Wittgenstein’s Confession: like Socrates, he knew that being honest with oneself is the most philosophical act of all https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/opinion/wittgensteins-confession-philosophy.html 137 comments philosophy
- Are there sites like Nietzsche Family Circus, but for other aphoristic philosophers? http://www.nietzschefamilycircus.com 13 comments philosophy
- The "felicific calculus" is an algorithm formulated by utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) for calculating the degree or amount of pleasure that a specific action is likely to cause. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/felicific_calculus 17 comments philosophy
- Helen De Cruz on What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/#/helen-de-cruz/ 3 comments philosophy
- To think like a philosopher http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/to-think-like-a-philosopher/article19435527.ece 3 comments india
- What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? interview with David Wong http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/#/david-wong/ 19 comments philosophy
- Philosophers should stop trying to prove things like scientists. Rather, they should develop and explain new systems of thought. https://aeon.co/ideas/how-robert-nozick-put-a-purple-prose-bomb-under-analytical-philosophy/ 119 comments philosophy
- What is it like to be a philosopher? An extensive interview with David Chalmers http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/#/david-chalmers/ 3 comments philosophy
- Can Hillary Outflank Bernie on Wall Street Reform? "The fight over shadow banking is like the broader philosophic divide between the go-big-or-go-home Democratic socialist and the more pragmatic, work-within-the-system Clinton." http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/hillary-clinton-tries-to-outflank-bernie-sanders-on-wall-street-reform/422937/ 5 comments politics
- What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/ 9 comments philosophy
- Which five philosophers from history would you most like to meet? http://ideas.aeon.co/questions/which-five-philosophers-from-history-would-you-most-like-to-meet 2 comments philosophy
- 3AM Interview-Terry Pinkard is the Ali Shuffle of heavyweight philosophers, stinging like a bee and floating like a butterfly through the legacy of Idealism, its historical context, the distinction between transcendental and transcendent, and on the chances for Idealism in the contemporary setting. http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/the-legacies-of-idealism/ 4 comments philosophy
- Mapping an Argument: Learning to think like a philosopher while sharpening critical-thinking skills https://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2015/01/07/pages/5211/index.xml 10 comments philosophy
- Want to know what contemporary philosophers are like? Check out the great series of interviews with top philosophers of the current day at 3:AM Magazine! http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/index/interviews/the-end-times/ 26 comments philosophy
- Angels likely to replace GM Jerry Dipoto or skipper Mike Scioscia, due to "philosophical differences" http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/08/angels-likely-to-replace-jerry-dipoto-or-mike-scioscia.html 6 comments baseball
- Political philosopher John Gray asks: do atheists miss the point of religion and could they learn more from religion than they like to think? http://bbc.in/nfoyxf 47 comments philosophy
- Though philosophers do not constitute an intellectual elite to whom political deference is due, all citizens should be like philosophers in holding themselves responsible to the requirements of good argument. http://www.tnr.com/article/books/behind-the-veil 12 comments philosophy
- Why lockdown life is a lot like insomnia – a philosopher of sleep explains https://theconversation.com/why-lockdown-life-is-a-lot-like-insomnia-a-philosopher-of-sleep-explains-139156 3 comments philosophy
- Luigi Ferrajoli, philosopher: "The countries of the EU each go their own way defending a foolish sovereignty" The Italian jurist defends an Earth Constitution as the only realistic way to deal with problems that, like pandemics or climate change, go beyond borders https://elpais.com/ideas/2020-03-27/luigi-ferrajoli-filosofo-los-paises-de-la-ue-van-cada-uno-por-su-lado-defendiendo-una-soberania-insensata.html 33 comments worldnews
- Some quantitative evidence of Kant's perceived importance in professional philosophy: Philosophy departments are much more likely to search for specialists in Kant than in any other philosopher. Poor Aristotle and Confucius aren't even close! https://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-perceived-importance-of-kant-as.html 30 comments philosophy
- Reddit, it seems like you've been interested in human rights. Here's a short explanation of what philosophers have to say about "moral status," or what it takes for someone to be a subject of moral concern https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Blist=PLtKNX4SfKpzWO2Yjvkp-hMS0gTI948pIS&v=smuhAjyRbw0 502 comments philosophy
- Top Italian philosopher & former MEP says he would like to "shoot those bastard Zionists” and Israel is “a bit worse than the Nazis” http://www.thelocal.it/20140723/shoot-those-bastard-zionists-top-italian-scholar 36 comments worldnews
- Morality, the Zeitgeist, and D**k Jokes: How Post-Carlin Comedians Like Louis C.K. Have Become This Generation's True Philosophers http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-simmons/post_7493_b_5267732.html?1399311895 474 comments philosophy
- TIL T.S. Eliot thought that the great philosophers of India "make most of the great European philosophers look like schoolboys" http://www.jstor.org/stable/2710974?seq=1 11 comments india
- Sympoze - odd digg-like social networking for philosophers http://www.sympoze.com/ 6 comments philosophy
- Liberals are much more likely than conservatives to listen to commentary and entertainment with which they disagree philosophically. http://www.learcenter.org/pdf/politicssurveyrelease.pdf 164 comments reddit.com
- Indian politician says “If we talk philosophically, then Covid-19 virus is also a living organism which wants to live and has a right to live just like humans... https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/even-virus-has-right-to-live-ex-cm-rawat-101620932331889.html 4 comments nottheonion
- The philosophers of antiquity pioneered a new kind of moral thinking that can still inspire us to be better versions of ourselves. Leaders in today’s polarised world can learn a lot from the likes of Confucius and Socrates. https://fivemedia.com/articles/leadership-lessons-from-the-ancients/ 227 comments philosophy
- A philosopher’s guide to closing the political divide: remember your opponent is living according to their best moral judgment, like you, and that both your judgments are flawed - in this sense, you are equals https://iai.tv/articles/how-to-achieve-political-progress-after-electoral-defeat-auid-1291 290 comments philosophy
- What is consciousness? Philosophers like Daniel Dennett and neuroscientists discuss theory of mind and what makes us human http://www.economist.com/node/21664284 393 comments philosophy
- Philosopher Joshua Hochschild: "The 'education bubble,' like any asset bubble, is not merely a financial crisis. It is a moral crisis: a misallocation and distortion of value. The underlying problem of the modern university is a crisis of integrity and purpose." https://www.pairagraph.com/dialogue/a4ddd0eddd034bc7aacc32af36bf4c88/2 12 comments philosophy
- I've written a thought experiment on how superintelligence might emerge and engage humanity. Its very theoretical and, I believe, philosophical. Would love feedback from smart people that like to think about this stuff. Here's the PDF. https://www.supersystemic.ly/s/dear-machine-print-interior-pdf-final.pdf 3 comments philosophy
- The most influential Confucian philosopher you've likely never heard of | Mengzi provides an intriguing (and oddly modern) alternative to Aristotelian accounts of human virtue https://aeon.co/essays/the-influential-confucian-philosopher-you-ve-never-heard-of 130 comments philosophy
- Moral and philosophical disagreements are especially fertile grounds for rationalization. Like crime, rationalization requires motive and opportunity, and philosophy offers plenty of both. http://imperfectcognitions.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/why-moral-and-philosophical.html 4 comments philosophy
- Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom thinks we’re neglecting the biggest challenge that we as a species are likely to face this century: what to do when the machines take over http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119419/what-artificial-intelligence-powered-economy-looks 20 comments philosophy
- AC Grayling: 'How can you be a militant atheist? It's like sleeping furiously' - In his new book, The Good Book: A Secular Bible, the philosopher sets out his manifesto for rational thought. He talks about why religion angers him, the power of philosophy – and his mane of hai http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/03/grayling-good-book-atheism-philosophy 29 comments philosophy
- “Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture and so on. I’d stick with this: Man is the only animal that likes Tabasco sauce.” -- Yale psychologist Paul Bloom http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/science/21peppers.html 5 comments reddit.com
- "The philosophical distinction between logic and creativity is a mistake. Even practices that seem logical to their core - like the scientific method - are inherently artistic, requiring intuition and judgments which are never fully free of subjectivity." https://iai.tv/articles/the-divide-between-art-and-science-is-a-mistake-auid-2660?_auid=2020&ts=1699257831%3Futm_source%3Dreddit 120 comments philosophy
- Philosopher Martha Nussbaum says all types of discrimination―from homophobia to racism to sexism―are the same and ultimately rooted in disgust. A group that is subject to discrimination is often associated with many characteristics that are considered disgusting, like emitting unpleasant odors. https://www.sitra.fi/en/articles/martha-nussbaum-saul-levmore-want-age-wisely/ 393 comments philosophy
- Are things like "Modal Semantics", "Semantic externalism","Reference" and other fancy ideas related to language, developed by philosophers taken seriously in contemporaneity linguistics? Or do linguists brush off these ideas as non-sequitur or even non-sense? are they worth looking into? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/73qcfa/are_things_like_modal_semantics_semantic/ 7 comments linguistics