#HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDES 2016 SERIES#
“Analytic philosophy, even at its most technical, is one way of tackling those fundamental tasks, and as such serves the same emotional needs that non-philosophers reveal to us during our classes, at parties and in hair salons, planes and Ubers” - Helena de Bres (Wellesley) wraps up her series on analytic philosophy and the meaning of life.An upcoming video game is about Arthur Schopenhauer as a student “seeking prohibited knowledge” - developed by Toby Svoboda, "The Life of Arthur" will be released next week.of Cincinnati) kicks off a symposium at Brains on her new book, "The Space Between: How Empathy Really Works" And so it turns out that empathy makes us less, not more, biased” - Heidi L. “To understand the world more objectively or impartially, we must adopt more perspectives on it.The laws of nature, time, quantum mechanics, strong determinism, vagueness, and more - an interview with Eddy Keming Chen (UCSD) at 3:16AM.Does language shape the content of epistemology? - Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh) talks about how variations in epistemic expressions across cultures are philosophically significant.“Rorty insisted that philosophy is no longer relevant to politics… That is fortunate, because his philosophical position… was exceptionally implausible” - Thomas Nagel (NYU) on Richard Rorty and America.But that feeling, like all appeals to personal experience, can obscure as much as it reveals” - Amia Srinivasan (Oxford) on Andrea Dworkin “Sexual violence is ubiquitous, and for many women it feels like the defining condition and the deepest reality of their lives.Philosophers, what’s on your wish list? I mean besides wisdom, etc. Also, don’t forget that the philosopher-artists behind the Daily Nous Philosophy Comics have lots of awesome stuff for sale! If you are looking for more gift ideas, the 20 gift guides have lots of suggestions. I don’t have it, but the Oasis is apparently the best one out there. In that case, perhaps an e-reader is the way to go. But maybe the philosopher in your life has too many books. Why the focus on pencils? Because philosophers need pencils in order to write in their books. I understand that nowadays there are these things called “mechanical pencils.” If that’s your thing, this one comes highly recommended. It will work on all normal pencils, so you do not need to go out and purchase the matching fancy Palomino Blackwing Pencils (though they do hit that sweet spot of being both useful, nice, and not something people would ordinarily buy for themselves). Unfortunately, I have not had time to put together a proper gift guide this year.Ĭrucially, though, I have identified a pencil sharpener that is superior to ones I’ve included in previous gift guides: the Blackwing Longpoint Sharpener. The holidays are almost upon us and you may be wondering what gifts to get the philosophers in your life.
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