Mini-Heap

A slightly larger mini-heap of links than usual… How “claim[s] that someone was the inventor of modern logic or a particular branch of philosophy” come to be a part of philosophy’s story — more from Jens Lemanski on the case-study of Dummett’s assertion that Frege invented analytic philosophy and modern logic “Few of us now have much idea what online conferencing could become if given the chance to flourish” — Eric Schwitzgebel defends further experimentation with online conferences, even if the current versions pale in comparison to in-person ones Is it true that “the increased use of AI and other transformative technologies threatens to rob sports… of something important”? — Ian Robertson on whether sports are threatened by AI “The home, it turns out, was a topic of considerable philosophical interest in antiquity” — Sandrine Bergès on the topic and its general neglect in subsequent philosophy “The primary difference between deepfake photos and LLM conversations is that the people…