Ashoka Philosophy Society

18/08/2020

Hello!

Citta, Ashoka's Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, is inviting abstracts and drafts for Volume 1.

The deadline for abstracts is in 5 days, i.e. Saturday, 22 August 2020!

Be sure to go through our submission guidelines and FAQs before you submit your work on the submission form: https://ashoka.edu.in/welcome/stories/welcome-558?fbclid=IwAR2CV9KneEk6f_oWvfgtfyTzOOEV9qZPUEXWcPJVddBfLIPg4ZsQjD-mHlE

Let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to reading your abstracts!

18/08/2020

Reminder! We hope you’re all doing well, this is a reminder that Citta, our undergraduate philosophy journal is now accepting abstracts! Please see the link below for more below!

https://ashoka.edu.in/welcome/stories/welcome-558

24/05/2019

Check out this interesting program!

14/04/2019

"I’m hostile to the pursuit of originality in legal philosophy—and also in most other areas of philosophy" — an interview with Les Green (Oxford) on a variety of topics in and related to law.

The conceptual question whether trans-women count as women is another matter. (So too, the ‘metaphysical’ question, if there is such a thing, whether trans-women are women.) On this issue, I hew to Simone de Beauvoir’s view that our concept ‘woman’ includes an important path-dependent elem...

13/04/2019

"I feel as if I am… someone you can trust because [I am a scientist] honest enough to admit that the scientific enterprise has limitations—which doesn’t mean it’s weak!" — physicist Marcelo Gleiser (Dartmouth), the winner of the 2019 Templeton Prize, cautions against scientism & other departures from humility.

In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility and the irrationality of nonbelief

12/04/2019

“Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem” — an explanation, along with advice for managing the feelings that bring on procrastination.

If procrastination isn’t about laziness, then what is it about?

11/04/2019

When it comes to talking about bodies, "the supposed conflict between trans inclusion and feminism rests on a simplistic understanding that ignores individual difference" — Ray Briggs (Stanford) and B R George (CMU) offer tools with which to “engage critically with alarmist reports about the ‘trans language police’”.

Some critics say that terms such as ‘chestfeeding’ and ‘front hole’ erase cis women’s identities. Here’s why we disagree

10/04/2019

God's limits — Peter Atterton (San Diego State) on the coherence of the idea of a morally perfect, all-powerful, all-knowing God.

Perfect. All-powerful. All-knowing. The idea of the deity most Westerners accept is actually not coherent.

09/04/2019

Using cognitive psychology to show that philosophical concepts "are in certain important respects like natural kind concepts, rather than being built around mental definitions" — Michael Strevens (NYU) is blogging at Brains this week.

I want to argue that philosophical analysis, a.k.a. the method of cases, is a worthy pursuit: that it reliably gives us substantial knowledge. The linchpin of my strategy is an appeal to cognitive …

08/04/2019

Philosopher Luciano Floridi (Oxford) is part of a new independent panel set up by Google to review its AI projects and plans — it’s called the Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC).

A team that includes philosophers, engineers, and policy experts will determine how ethical Google’s AI projects are—but some have already criticized its makeup.

07/04/2019

"Feminists have finally started to realize that the varied experiences of trans women have a thing or two to teach us" — Carol Hay (U. Mass Lowell) on who counts as a woman.

The attempt to exclude trans women from the ranks of women reinforces the dangerous idea that there is a right way to be female.