mit philosophy

one half of MIT's department of linguistics & philosophy

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

Research from @MITphilosophy professor Matthias Michel cited in @sciam suggests consciousness may be attributed to humans and some other mammals but not fish and insects. https://t.co/RCSRAVqC5O

[American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy]

APA member Kieran Setiya is quoted in this article on the impact the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship has on interdisciplinary thinking at @MITPhilosophy. https://t.co/vyVmeO1Zvk

[Jared Oliphint, PhD @JaredOliphint]

Many thanks to MIT philosophy prof. @bradford_skow for coming on the podcast to talk about academic freedom, aesthetics and beauty, theories of time, being pro-family, and more. Video link here https://t.co/UsjzgTDJLz or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

This week's newsletter features Guggenheim Fellow and @MITPoliSci prof Kathleen Thelen, an NC Ethics of Technology Fellow from @MITphilosophy, a double major in PoliSci and @MITAeroAstro, and more. https://t.co/s3dokBCTHH

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"How to Write a Philosophy Paper," featuring @sam_berstler as a model of doing it well.
https://t.co/xB6N6FiMa3

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

In this week's newsletter, learn why @MITphilosophy professor and SHASS dean Agustin Rayo believes it's important to keep the humanities in AI, meet a Renaissance pioneer with lessons for the modern age, and more. https://t.co/NJvpc7O7BK

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“People can say, ‘That’s not what I meant,’ and completely get away with it, even though it’s totally obvious they’re lying,” says MIT philosopher @sam_berstler.
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[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

"By bringing sociological ideas into her work, Berstler is moving beyond the normal philosophical discussion of the subject," MIT News says of @MITphilosophy professor Sam Berstler's research into plausible deniability. https://t.co/oe59DYM9zl

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New book by Caspar Hare

[Matthias Michel @MatthiasMichel_]

Last session of the MIT Consciousness Club 04/16! Nadine Dijkstra will give a talk on "Distinguishing imagination and reality in a generative brain". More information (including zoom link for those joining online) here: https://t.co/hThTIkJaQ6.

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

“Consider a future in which we shorten the work week, or one in which we eliminate work altogether,” @MITphilosophy postdoc Michal Masny says. “I don’t believe either of these scenarios would be unambiguously good for everyone.” https://t.co/rXbp5D2jVk @MIT_SCC

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[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

In this week's newsletter we introduce new Faculty Fellows, learn how @MITanthropology is helping improve chatbots, investigate exploding black holes, and more. @MITPoliSci @MITphilosophy @MIT_CIS @mitsap @MITPSTS https://t.co/akCZgxArzI

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

“Offering opportunities for faculty to carefully investigate big ideas can benefit all of us in important and exciting ways,” says Agustín Rayo the Kenan Sahin Dean of SHASS. https://t.co/U2028DSlnN @MITanthropology @HistoryMit @MIT_MTA @MITphilosophy @MITPoliSci @MITPSTS

[MIT Civil Discourse Project @MITCDP]

Our next event is on April 6, with @Ayjchan, author (with
@mattwridley) of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19, and recently at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

[Brad Skow @bradford_skow]

“Some of them struggle with how a just God could permit the Nazi persecutions and aggressions; some struggle to believe. But most of them express an astonishing acceptance of their fate as God’s will.” [link below]

[Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio]

Last summer we dropped the sixteenth and final episode in our "Wise Women" series, so #WomensHistoryMonth feels like the perfect time to celebrate it.

Check out all the episodes, from Hypatia of Alexandria to Judith Jarvis Thomson of @MITphilosophy, at https://t.co/aJRKYDorYf.

[Brad Skow @bradford_skow]

Here's a great episode of The Last Best Hope, about the Declaration of Independence; featuring me reading my poetry in my best General Washington voice https://t.co/fMKllyJZbd

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

In this week's newsletter, learn how an ethnomusicologist studies music, investigate how consciousness works, enter an AI-fueled school, and more. https://t.co/38IixRzren @mit_cmsw @MITPoliSci @MIT_MTA @MITphilosophy @bjfr