Actually has me interested in getting back into the Ethics of Belief literature.
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On the Human: Rethinking the Natural Selection of Human Language
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One of our species’ signature capacities, Deacon argues, is symbol-usage. Symbols permeate our practices to such an extent that even our success in mating depends on our acquiring complex social skills for negotiating symbolically mediated transactions. “Thus,” he avers, “because of symbols and with the aid of symbols, Homo sapiens has been self-domesticated and adapted to a niche unlike any other that ever has existed. We have been made in the image of the word.”
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Philosophy: Mind and Manners - Crooked Timber
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More in the comment thread about why our colleagues in the humanities think we are "arseholes" and "football hooligans". Not sure what if anything there is to contribute to this discussion.
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Disciplinary pecking order
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New On-Line Study: Philosophers Wanted
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...Leiter promoting a study by one of his students. The study is an attempt to examine the connection between personality traits and philosophical beliefs...
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Thoughts Arguments and Rants Blog Archive Forgetting
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Fun, short post that asks: What is it to forget something. A couple of simple analyses are considered and rejected.
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What Do Philosophers Do?
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In light of the rumblings about the APA (particular Velleman's criticisms) John Basl discusses that question we as philosophers should grapple with more.
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2008 Web of Beliefs (@ Philosophy, Etc.)
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This is a great idea. Richard gives us a nice concise summary of his blogging in 2008.
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Philosophers on Twitter
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John Basl has put together a list of philosophers using the micro-blogging service Twitter.
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Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt
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BBC News is celebrating world philosophy day with this fun article.
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From the post linking to the article: "The Philosopher's Magazine asked me awhile back to write an essay for their 10th anniversary issue reflecting on the state of the discipline in light of the passing of so many of the 'greats' of post WWII philosophy during the last decade."
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