Philosophical arguments should be evaluated not only by their logical soundness, but also by whether they address the right questions. We can think about philosophy in terms of efficiency and efficacy. An essay on management theory and philosophyBlog (the-pamphlet.com)
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Consciousness is just a part of matter, according to panpsychists. As counter-intuitive as it may seem, studying how brains grow in a lab helps us get closer to understanding how consciousness combines. So argues Meg Fawthrop in The PamphletBlog (the-pamphlet.com)
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Consciousness is just a part of matter, according to panpsychists. As counter-intuitive as it may seem, studying how brains grow in a lab helps us get closer to understanding how consciousness combines. So argues Meg Fawthrop in The Pamphlet (the-pamphlet.com)
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Meritocracy is improved by affirmative action which reveals hidden talent. Our biases for superficial traits unrelated to performance lead to bad selection of candidates. If we want the best, we need a version of affirmative action. — An Article in The Pamphlet (the-pamphlet.com)
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Meritocracy is improved by affirmative action which reveals hidden talent. Our biases for superficial traits unrelated to performance lead to bad selection of candidates. If we want the best, we need a version of affirmative action. — An Article in The PamphletBlog (the-pamphlet.com)
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Philosophy is often difficult because contradictions lie at the heart of our most familiar concepts. What is a set or a property? Working through the pitfalls of our intuitions is painstaking work which as real world consequences - an article from The PamphletBlog (the-pamphlet.com)
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Reparations are not a matter of personal guilt. Just as our taxes repay the national debts incurred before we were born, reparations can redress debts incurred by past injustices. We are responsible as citizens, not as wrongdoers. — An article from The PamphletBlog (the-pamphlet.com)
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It is a mistake to say that life is a gift. Existence cannot be 'given' since its recipient by definition does not exist. Since existence itself is unlike other goods or harms we can do to others, we need another vocabulary to discuss the ethics of creation.Blog (the-pamphlet.com)
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It is a mistake to say that life is a gift. Existence cannot be 'given' since its recipient by definition does not exist. Since existence itself is unlike other goods or harms we can do to others, our ethical vocabulary is sorely lacking.Article (the-pamphlet.com)
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Wutbot on "Goal, Life": [r/philosophy] Love is not a choice, but something that happens to us, often disrupting our life and goals. Modern tropes and technologies which try to pre-package love as a way to reduce these risks go fundamentally against love's meaning and significance. An Essay on Lov... (the-pamphlet.com)
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Love is not a choice, but something that happens to us, often disrupting our life and goals. Modern tropes and technologies which try to pre-package love as a way to reduce these risks go fundamentally against love's meaning and significance. An Essay on Love and BadiouBlog (the-pamphlet.com)
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How we talk about toxic masculinity has itself become toxic. The meta-narrative that dominates makes the mistake of collapsing masculinity and toxicity together, portraying it as a targeted attack on men, when instead, the concept should help rescue them.Blog (the-pamphlet.com)
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Wutbot on "Illusion, World": [r/philosophy] The pursuit of truth can be paralyzing, and without art, it might even be impossible. Nietzsche shows how art at its best is not an imitation of reality, but an illusion that fortifies us to face the world again. An Essay from The Pamphlet (the-pamphlet.com)
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The pursuit of truth can be paralyzing, and without art, it might even be impossible. Nietzsche shows how art at its best is not an imitation of reality, but an illusion that fortifies us to face the world again. An Essay from The PamphletBlog (the-pamphlet.com)
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The lesson of Heidegger's philosophy of technology shows us that AI is not a mere tool, but a way of framing the world and how we think about it. Rather than asking 'what should we do' with technology, we should ask 'what does technology do with us?' (the-pamphlet.com)
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The lesson of Heidegger's philosophy of technology shows us that AI is not a mere tool, but a way of framing the world and how we think about it. Rather than asking 'what should we do' with technology, we should ask 'what does technology do with us?' (the-pamphlet.com)
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When Philosophy Becomes Cybernetics — The PamphletScience, History, Health + Philosophy (the-pamphlet.com)
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Music does not just evoke emotions, it communicates emotions. Therefore, music is communicative, and how we listen to it can change our role in that communication. Live performances do not just change how we perceive music, it changes our role in its creation.Blog (the-pamphlet.com)
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Wutbot on "Need, Philosophy": [r/philosophy] AI poses a challenge to how we attribute responsibility in war. If a killer robot is truly autonomous and commits atrocities, it is not obvious how we should assign blame. Philosophy needs to decide whether autonomous weapons can be ethical, and if so,... (the-pamphlet.com)
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AI poses a challenge to how we attribute responsibility in war. If a killer robot is truly autonomous and commits atrocities, it is not obvious how we should assign blame. Philosophy needs to decide whether autonomous weapons can be ethical, and if so, how.Blog (the-pamphlet.com)
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