Promising Young Woman is an unsatisfying film. But that’s what it gets deeply right about misogyny and patriarchy. Continue reading
August 27, 2021
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Category Archives: The Philosopher’s Perspective
August 19, 2021
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Astrology: Informative, Harmful, or Just Plain Fun?
Reading star signs does not reliably lead to knowledge, so why read them? Because it’s fun. Continue reading
June 30, 2021
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The Art Solipsist
Why would we ever spend our already scarce time and effort on difficult art? A lot of the time, it’s because we trust somebody. Continue reading
April 14, 2021
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What’s So Bad About Digital Blackface?
Digital blackface is actively skewing our perception of what blackness contains, and thus what possibilities are open to all of us. Continue reading
April 8, 2020
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HOW TO PARTAKE IN THE FUCKERY: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON HIP-HOP, GENDER, AND LANGUAGE
In January, we hosted an interview and preliminary discussion of some pressing issues in rap and hip-hop. We wanted to investigate the fact that, in Bill Adler’s words, hip-hop has never been “a model of civil discourse”. We did that … Continue reading
February 13, 2020
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What is Art? Let Cognitive Science Help You Answer That Question
What follows is a guest post by Shen-yi Liao, Aaron Meskin, and Joshua Knobe. They offer an overview and summary of the ideas in their new paper, “Dual Character Art Concepts,” just out in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. (Non-paywalled version available … Continue reading
November 25, 2019
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Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital
What follows is a guest post by Tony Chackal. We have also published a response piece to this post, which you can read here. Ever wonder why people prefer vinyl records over digital formats? Are they just snobs who fetishize … Continue reading
November 7, 2019
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Food of the People, by the People, for the People: Cooking As Public Art
What follows is a guest post by Andrea Baldini, Associate Professor of Aesthetics at Art Theory at Nanjing University, and Andrea Borghini, Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Milan. In 2016, the American food magazine Bon Appétit named South Philly Barbacoa … Continue reading
August 21, 2019
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Playing Games with History: Philosophers on the Ethics of Historical Board Games
In a recent New York Times article, journalist Kevin Draper brings us up to date on some recent controversies in the world of historical board games. The article centers on the cancellation of Scramble for Africa, a historical board game which was … Continue reading
July 31, 2019
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Zombie Formalism: Or, How Financial Values Pervade the Arts
What follows is a guest post by Sarah Hegenbart. Once upon a time, the month of June was jet-set season for the international artworld. After a meet and greet at the preview days at the Venice Biennale, which used to … Continue reading
