ShareNew York University posts philosophical musings occasionally on YouTube. This short video has an unusual and funny ending. This video was first posted on the DPS Facebook page HERE. A reminder of the Socratic caution: “Let him who would move the world first clean the cat box.” Cat On YouTube
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ShareVia Peter Sean Bradley, I learn that Molyneux’s problem has been answered empirically. It only took 300 years to figure this out. If a blind person were suddenly able to see, would he be able to recognize by sight the shape of an object he previously knew only by touch? Presented with a cube and a globe, [...] ShareWelcome Members and Friends! Conference time is upon us! In the coming days, we will publish all submitted essays on our website and you are all invited to visit and post comments. The Conference is open to all members and you do not have to submit an essay to participate. This year we are pleased [...] ShareFrom Edward Feser, here is a letter written by Robert Pasnau to students of philosophy. That would be us. Professor Pasnau’s advice to us is perhaps a little easier to follow, since our program draws so much of its inspiration from the great philosophers who have come before us. However, I think his letter is [...] ShareCourtesy of Ed Feser, here is David Oderberg’s paper on the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Law.[pdf] Introduction One of the defining features of contemporary moral philosophy in nearly all its guises is the lack of serious concern for metaphysics—not as a discipline in itself, but as a necessary foundation for ethics. One should not mistake [...] Share ShareWell, not exactly. A philosophy student at King’s College is tweeting Wittgenstein’s life in 500 tweets over the course of 6 months. Not serious but very entertaining. Follow Wittgenstein as he strolls quickly through his life in 140-word segments here. ShareFor DPS members that could use some background in philosophy a good general history of philosophy can be very useful. A Law and Philosophy professor at the University of Chicago asked other academic philosophers last June for their recommendations on reliable, hopefully single-volume histories of Western Philosophy. Here are the recommendations with a comment on [...] ShareJames Chastek has a good post on Kant with a rousing comments section. You should check it out! ShareHere are a couple of papers I read recently and enjoyed. The first is on terminology in Veritatis Splendor by Janet Smith, and the second is on Aristotelian metaphysics by Tuomas. |
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