-- further work on the charred Herculaneum papyri, believed to be authored by Philodemus, seems to reveal where Plato was buried
-- John Danaher (Galway) on the whats, whys, and hows of ethical grading
https://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-moral-problem-of-grading-extended.html
-- and there's a lot going on
-- Kelly Weirich (Pierce) on Israel's "Lavender" AI program
https://www.prindleinstitute.org/2024/04/military-ai-and-the-illusion-of-authority/
-- Peter West (Northeastern U. London) on the metaphilosophy of Margaret MacDonald
https://aeon.co/essays/philosophical-theories-are-like-good-stories-margaret-macdonald
-- the New Yorker covers work by philosophers and others in an article about the complications of misinformation
-- Brad Skow (MIT) on the philosophy in Hamlet
-- new ways of protecting animals raise questions about what conservation is and what species are
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/science/australia-wildlife-assisted-evolution.html
-- Susan Neiman (Einstein Forum) in the NYT on why we should celebrate Kant
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/arts/immanuel-kant-300-anniversary.html
-- Amod Lele (Northeastern) on a recent critique of philosophy
https://loveofallwisdom.com/blog/2024/04/you-dont-have-to-drop-philosophy-for-activism/
Heap of Links
https://dailynous.com/2024/02/06/further-progress-on-vesuvius-scrolls/
-- compiled by Josh Dunigan
-- "an AI-generated face based on paintings of the philosopher was projected onto a stand-in model, and a large language model was fine-tuned with Kant’s original texts and adapted to a younger...
https://www.adobomagazine.com/campaign-spotlight/immanuel-kant-as-a-23-year-old-influencer/
-- accepted participants get the conference fee waived & get a $300 grant
-- Professor Amy Reed-Sandoval is interviewed
-- Liam Kofi Bright (LSE) tries to trick us into accepting his postmodern relativistic poppycock
https://sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-flavour-of-truth.html
-- an interesting interview with Amy Berg (Oberlin, soon Rice)
-- on why "some of Wall Street's top tech execs and recruiters" are recommending software engineering students study philosophy, English, psychology, etc.
-- someone should create one that turns images into philosophical questions
-- Milena Ivanova (Cambridge) on the role of aesthetics in science
https://aestheticsforbirds.com/2024/04/11/what-is-the-aesthetic-value-of-science/