Designing for the struggle | Blog of the APA
When I create assignment prompts, my instructions explain both the what and the why. I include a brief statement explaining the value the assignment offers. My rationales consistently cite skills …
THE GOOD BILLIONAIRE, REVISITED
In the previous essay, I looked at the question of whether a good person could be a billionaire. I concluded that, in general, the two are not compatible. The gist …
2025 Parfit Memorial Lecture – a summary
By Paul Heller (DPhil Student at the Uehiro Oxford Institute) On Friday 16th June, Jacob Nebel, Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, gave the 2025 Parfit Memorial Lecture. Professor Nebel’s …
Rodrigo Garro Rivero on Weird Visuospatial Representations — The Brains Blog
Why are Visuo-spatial Representations Sometimes Weird? Rodrigo Garro Rivero, USC In cognitive science and philosophy, researchers hypothesize about the formats of mental representations via analogies to artifactual representations such as …
Becoming Real: Barbie and the Crisis of Existential Identity
At the beginning of the 2023 blockbuster hit, Barbie, the narrator makes two claims: “All of these women are Barbie and Barbie is all of these women” and “Because Barbie …
KANT & WHY THE FLASH MIGHT STILL TRAVEL BY PLANE
As a runner, I have often imagined what it would be like to have super speed like the Flash or Quicksilver. Unfortunately for my super speed dreams, Kyle Hill has …
Congratulations to ‘IDEA’ in Leeds!
I am just back from a celebration of the 20th anniversary of IDEA: the Ethics Centre, at the University of Leeds. (IDEA stands for ‘Inter-disciplinary Ethics Applied’.) IDEA was founded …
In Honor of Paul F. Snowdon — The Brains Blog
By Tony Cheng In Memorial of Paul F. Snowdon Paul Snowdon began his academic journey as an undergraduate at University College, Oxford, where he was mentored by Sir. Peter Strawson. …
Punk’s Original Values in the Age of Idiocy (“AI”)
Over the last year, I have been trying to understand why I have been uninterested so far to intentionally use AI chatbots and also not majorly alarmed by them when …
Recording Classes in Florida, Revisited
In the face of real problems, the Republican legislature of my adopted state of Florida has been busy addressing fictional problems and undermining democracy. For example, HB 233, the “Viewpoint …