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Mini-Heap Recent additions to the Heap of Links… - A free online pamphlet with 25 pieces of valuable advice for your college students — “The College Success Rulebook” by Nathan Nobis - “When I asked [the students] how they were managing to keep up with the brisk pace of the reading assignments, one of them candidly said, ‘Well, it really helps that you’re so into it.’” — Matt Dinan on the importance of the teacher’s passion - “I don’t mean to suggest that Wilson is wrong about what would make a good adaptation of The Odyssey, but instead to argue that there are many ways to be right” — “Nolan’s film is not a faithful adaptation of Homer, but in its examination of the power and perils of narrative, and the seductions of memory, it is properly Homeric,” says Sukaina Hirji - “Beyond the Ghetto” is the newsletter of “Women Doing Philosophy,” a philosophy organization in the Philippines — it is run by Noelle Leslie dela Cruz of De La Salle University - “Concepts such as authenticity, expertise and deliberation are central to our cultural life… and are threatened by the notion… that all that matters about an output—be it a string of code, a college essay, a military target or a love letter—is whether it ‘works’” — lessons for the AI era from Jonathan Lear’s Radical Hope, by Anastasia Berg and Jon Baskin - “The Basics of Philosophy” will debut next month at the Venice Film Festival — the film is by Paul Schrader, who wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, and directed many films, such as American Gigolo and First Reformed - “Even if we grant… that language death is always a terrible thing, it doesn’t follow that we ought to do everything in our power to stop it” — Nikhil Krishnan on the questions and tradeoffs of linguistic triage Mini-Heap posts usually appear when several new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, a collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers. The Heap of Links consists partly of suggestions from readers; if you find something online that you think would be of interest to the philosophical community, please send it in for consideration for the Heap. Thank you. Previous edition. Login 0 Comments Oldest