Marylin Delgado @philosophypills.bsky. social
@philosophypills
Associate Researcher. Former Associate Professor of Philosophy. Author. Ethics. Philosophy of Action. Intersection of Epistemology and Ethics. https://aretea.es
Pinker vs Nietzsche: Is music the basis of language? iai.tv/articles/pinke…
"Every philosophical position starts by assuming there's a clear relation between our models and an external thing they model, and so they all play the same rigged game: arguing about which map matches their assumed territory." iai.tv/articles/truth…
The (surprisingly new) science of aphantasia – the inability to ‘see’ mental imagery psyche.co/videos/the-sur…
Love is not a virtue iai.tv/articles/love-…
The fragility of goodness Paul Bloom on the strange virtues of perversity iai.tv/articles/the-f…
The unique piece Sylphide by Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Tsisaryk is located in Lviv
How the nature of friendship has changed through the centuries psyche.co/ideas/how-the-…
From Latin "immerēns, immerentis" = undeserving, blameness, innocent. Captures the feeling of not understanding someone's love for you.
immerensis
"Doubt is indeed both an epistemic virtue, or the first step to truth, and an epistemic vice, as it can lead to destabilisation and dissolution of truth and knowledge when excessive or misplaced". Was René Descartes a self-centred guru and a lying fraud? share.google/b7LarGyyj6cpJH…
While I acknowledge this is not an academic piece, I would have liked a more nuanced presentation of hedonism. There are different philosophical versions and the main concepts in the original one were "ataraxia" and "aponia", not mere pleasure. psyche.co/ideas/plato-wa…
Awkward silences What is it about lulls in conversation that make them so very uncomfortable? It has to do with how we connect with each other aeon.co/essays/whats-s…
Is it possible to measure a person’s overall general morality? In other words, is it possible to construct a valid moralometer? eschwitz.substack.com/p/the-conceptu…
Hegel vs Marx: Ideas change the world, not economics Yale philosopher argues for reviving a tougher, more realist Hegel, in line with the realist school of international relations, one that sees history not just as a battle of classes, but of states. iai.tv/articles/hegel…
The Mediterranean Sea in Spain reached 31° C today
The ongoing marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea is one of the largest marine anomalies observed globally Via @IanHall_CU
This is a famous tableware set designed by Salvador Dalí in 1957
Humans aren't special, and why it matters Anthropocentrism is a violent philosophy iai.tv/articles/human…
Owl la la! by Regis Chaperone in Nevill Holt Hall Gardens, Leicestershire. #OwlishMonday