philosophy

18 04, 2024

Mind and machine (Dvija Mehta, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2024-04-18T10:27:45-04:00April 18th, 2024|Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Why implanting computing chips into the brain can challenge our sense of self.

11 02, 2024

Out from the ashes (Reed Albergotti, Semafor)

By Humanities Watch|2024-02-11T17:55:42-05:00February 11th, 2024|Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A step in unravelling a 2000-year-old mystery though AI.

11 12, 2023

The ethical quandary of AI (Robert McMillan and Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ)

By Humanities Watch|2023-12-11T14:29:30-05:00December 11th, 2023|business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, Everything Else, Language, mathematics, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How ethical concerns are in play in AI development.

23 05, 2023

Rome reborn in our lives

By Humanities Watch|2023-05-24T08:57:37-04:00May 23rd, 2023|Academia, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, painting, Philosophy, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

How travel to Rome is also a search for meaning.

16 05, 2023

The genome’s philosophical turn (David Cox, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2023-05-24T16:27:32-04:00May 16th, 2023|Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, health, History, Medicine, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

New debate over the degree that genetics shape our choices.

18 03, 2023

Moving beyond the two cultures

By Humanities Watch|2023-03-18T15:52:47-04:00March 18th, 2023|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, mathematics, Nature, Philosophy, Quotes, Religion, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Reflecting on how the two cultures lead to a Dantean limit governed by Love.

2 03, 2023

Digital da Vinci (Museo Galileo, Florence)

By Humanities Watch|2023-03-02T08:24:26-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Museums, Nature, News, painting, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus in its digital dimensions.

20 01, 2023

Techniques and technology (Christopher Rim, Forbes)

By Humanities Watch|2023-01-20T08:51:58-05:00January 20th, 2023|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Liberating education from its focus on usefulness.

14 01, 2023

Beyond humanism, beyond humanities (Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2023-01-14T20:12:10-05:00January 14th, 2023|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, environment, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Humanity, or its absence, beyond humanism.

16 11, 2022

Finding time and space for words, and words for time and space (Miriam Frankel and Matt Warren, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2022-11-17T07:13:29-05:00November 16th, 2022|Central / South America, Debate / dialogue, education, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Studying how a language shapes perception of time and space.