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  • What Do We Really Know About “Obesity”?

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    In 1864, the scientist Benjamin Apthorp Gould was appointed to conduct a survey of the physical characteristics of thousands of Civil War soldiers, sailors, and students. Five years later, what emerged from the published report was a narrative of racial difference. An entire chapter was devoted to lung function: making use of the recently developed [] The post What Do We Really Know About “Obesity”? first appeared on Blog of the APA .

  • The Possibility of Love at First Sight

    yesterday
    It is often asked if love at first sight is possible. Love is certainly possible. Adopting an attitude by looking at a person or having a short interaction with them is possible. So love—presumably an attitude in our heads (bodies?)—should be something that could come to exist in this way, right? So why is love [] The post The Possibility of Love at First Sight first appeared on Blog of the APA .

  • Doing Philosophy in a Borrowed Tongue

    2 days ago
    Until I began my Ph.D. in the United States, I had spent my entire life in Korea, speaking Korean. While I had a sense of “using” other languages, having studied Chinese in high school, French in college, and English while studying analytic philosophy, I had never really experienced what it meant to “live” in a [] The post Doing Philosophy in a Borrowed Tongue first appeared on Blog of the APA .

  • Should Men Be Ashamed of Their AI Girlfriends?

    2 days ago
    More and more people are engaging with AI chatbots in seemingly social ways. Contemporary LLMs have become unsettlingly good at mimicking text-based chats between real people. Of course, this is mere mimicry, what Jonathan Birch calls the “persisting interlocutor illusion.” It appears as though we have a continuous conversation with an AI chatbot and that [] The post Should Men Be Ashamed of Their AI Girlfriends? first appeared on Blog of the APA .

  • APA Member Interviews, Sharon Crasnow

    5 days ago
    Sharon Crasnow works on epistemological issues in the methodology of the social sciences. Her focus is primarily on feminist epistemology and philosophy of science and conceptual and measurement issues in the social sciences. What excites you about philosophy? One of the most exciting things about philosophy is that it is a field in which you [] The post APA Member Interviews, Sharon Crasnow first appeared on Blog of the APA .
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The Stone

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Daily Nous

  • Chemero from Cincinnati to Vanderbilt

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    Anthony Chemero, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, will be moving to Vanderbilt University. Professor Chemero works in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and...

  • Who Wins Fellowships in the Arts & Humanities?

    4 hours ago
    Unfortunately, the types of people for whom such fellowships might represent the greatest departure from their everyday experienceand whose career trajectories might be most dramatically shifted given...

  • Three Philosophers Among New Guggenheim Fellows

    yesterday
    The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its new class of fellows, and three philosophers are among them. They are: Alan Baker (Swarthmore College) Kate Manne (Cornell University...

  • New AI Model Has a Taste for Philosophy

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    The AI firm Anthropic recently shared a detailed description of the various capabilities and safety risks of Claude Mythos Preview, a new AI model (Anthropics most capable frontier model to date). If...

  • New: International Society for Moral Psychology

    2 days ago
    The International Society for Moral Psychology (ISMP) is a new association that aims to be an interdisciplinary and international home for moral psychology, aimed at fostering deeper engagement across...
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Philosopher's Cocoon

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Leiter Reports

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Aeon Philosophy

  • Impromptu

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    Take a kaleidoscopic journey through the early history of film, inspired by an enduring fascination with motion and form - by Aeon Video Watch...

  • You’ve lived this life before

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    The mystical insight came to Nietzsche like a lightning flash: time eternally recurs – and life must be lived accordingly - by Mark Higgins ...

  • I am Sámi

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    This short documentary asks what it means to be Sámi today, following decades-long state-mandated assimilation attempts - by Aeon Video Watch...

  • The sterilisation-seekers

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    In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. But for some it seemed an opportunity - by Coreen McGuire &...

  • Patterns without desires

    5 days ago
    The art expert is the fulcrum of all value and significance in the museum and auction world. Does AI threaten them? - by Noah Charney Read...
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