The Auto-Icon

Jeremey Bentham, preserved utilitarian, faces off against Phillipa Foot.



The Auto-Icon - Existential Comics

The odd phenomenon of "blind insight"

A growing body of evidence is revealing that our guesses and our confidence in those guesses don’t come from the same place in our minds.



The odd phenomenon of "blind insight" - Boing Boing

Extended Cognition (Part I)

Andy Clark and David Chalmers

Some thoughts on the extended mind thesis. Does cognition and mind go beyond the boundaries of our skull? Are the tools and instruments used in cognitive processes part of the cognitive process?



3quarksdaily: Extended Cognition (Part I)

Seven Tools For Critical Thinking

Dennett excerpts seven tools for thinking from the new book. Having taught critical thinking and argumentation to undergraduates for years, I can say that his advice is pretty much standard fare of critical reasoning. But Dennett’s formulations are uniquely—and bluntly—his own.

Philosopher Daniel Dennett Presents Seven Tools For Critical Thinking | Open Culture

9 Philosophical Thought Experiments

Sometimes, the best way to illustrate a complicated philosophical concept is by framing it as a story or situation. Here are nine such thought experiments with downright disturbing implications.

9 Philosophical Thought Experiments That Will Keep You Up at Night

Camus Explained Perfectly with Candy Land

Camus Explained Perfectly with Candy Land [Comic] | Critical-Theory.com

The Optimistic Science of Leibniz

Leibniz

"The diversity of Leibniz’s interests and undertakings is dizzying. How are we to make sense of a man who contributed prominently to so many fields, including both religion and science? In our day, it is common to think especially of religion and science as either pulling in opposing directions in their respective understandings of the world, or as parallel but different domains. How did they hang together for Leibniz?"

The Optimistic Science of Leibniz - The New Atlantis

Congratulations Graduates!

Congratulations to all the philosophy and religious studies students graduating this semester. Best of luck to all of you and please keep in touch.

Cory Clark, Philosophy Major
Ryan Frye, Philosophy Major, Phi Sigma Tau Honors Society
Jennifer Greenwell, Philosophy Major
Marc Kennedy, Philosophy Major, Phi Sigma Tau Honors Society
Ashley Poe, Philosophy Major, Phi Sigma Tau Honors Society
William Wethington, Philosophy Major

Jason Block, Philosophy minor
Zachariah Casey, Philosophy minor
Brock Larkins, Philosophy minor
Adam Riser, Philosophy minor
Max Roberts, Philosophy minor
Mandy Turner, Philosophy minor, Phi Sigma Tau Honors Society

Samantha Lewis, Philosophy Focus
Zachary Thompson, Philosophy Focus

Andrew Gilbert, Religious Studies Minor
Adam Howard, Religious Studies Minor

Kevin Patton, Religious Studies Focus

Rosetta discovers water?

Attention Philosophy students: "Rosetta discovers water on comet 67p like nothing on Earth" What would Putnam say if it is NOTHING like earth water?



Rosetta discovers water on comet 67p like nothing on Earth | Science | The Guardian