“When you stand before an art work, you lose yourself to something great but you also become greater because you feel this sense of connection to other people, to other aesthetic traditions, to beauty….”–Jesse Prinz (Philosopher, CUNY Graduate Center) Awakening the Journey with Jesse Prinz from Mel M on Vimeo.
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Moral psychologist and Experimental Philosopher, Mark Alfano released a book a few months ago called Character as Moral Fiction. I enjoy reading interesting moral psychology and ethical stuff so I find his work fascinating. Here’s a summary of his book: Everyone wants to be virtuous, but recent psychological investigations suggest that this may not be
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On Philosophy Bites, philosopher Jennifer Saul, discusses the range of ways in which we are prone to implicit bias and the philosophical implications of these biases. Jennifer Saul is the executive director of the implicit bias project. To find out more about implicit bias, visit biasproject.org. Awesome resources there. Take a LISTEN to her interview about
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The afterlife. The concept is wrapped in the idea of our immortality and the strength to confront death. For Christopher Hitchens the concept of the afterlife doesn’t sound too comforting. For one, it is as if we have to leave an amazing party that is already taken place. That doesn’t sound too good. On the
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At the end of each semester, I like to take a class photo of my students in order to remember our experience together. Some students hate it but at least I have a visual memory 🙂 So here are my philosophy students from fall 2013. philosophy 103 Philosophy 61 Philosophy 231 9:25 Philosophy 231 10:50
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Here is a wonderful video animation about the difference between empathy and sympathy by Dr. Brene Brown.
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For the last three years, the Society for the Study of Africana Philosophy has been an intimate space for me to grow intellectually and get academic support from black philosophers I respect. So many people have been apart of the group such as Cornel West and Howard McGary. Ive sat there and listened to the
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Words can not explain the wonderful and inspiring time I had at the Gender, Sexuality, and Hip Hop conference at Tulane University last weekend. I learned so much and met some awesome people. You can read the paper I presented here entitled, “Nicki Minaj and the Permissibility of Feminine Bisexuality in Homophobic Hiphop”, as well
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In this stand up bit, comedian Aamer Rahman brilliantly explains reverse racism. And I completely agree with him.
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This week my students and I were invited to BET studios to be a part of the studio audience of a live show dedicated to Michelle Obama. Her main focus was on explaining her 2020 Education Initiative as well as to talk about her own life and use it as a motivation for youth. It
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