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Here are 10 philosophy articles I liked in 2020, in no particular order (a THREAD with links).
1: Do animals have a concept of death? @Susana_MonsO sets out what it takes to have a "minimal comprehension" of death and explains how we can test for it.
2: @aliboyle6 on conjoined twins and biological individuality: https://t.co/c5y2cQm6IE. AB had another excellent paper, on episodic memory, but I will allow only 1 paper per author.
3: Tim Bayne, @anilkseth and Marcello Massimini on "Islands of awareness" - this paper is terrifying, horror movie-esque. You'll see what I mean if you read it. If you dare.
4: Can we perceive goal-directedness? Joulia Smortchkova argues that we can, and gives a plausible account of how it works.
1: Do animals have a concept of death? @Susana_MonsO sets out what it takes to have a "minimal comprehension" of death and explains how we can test for it.
2: @aliboyle6 on conjoined twins and biological individuality: https://t.co/c5y2cQm6IE. AB had another excellent paper, on episodic memory, but I will allow only 1 paper per author.
3: Tim Bayne, @anilkseth and Marcello Massimini on "Islands of awareness" - this paper is terrifying, horror movie-esque. You'll see what I mean if you read it. If you dare.
4: Can we perceive goal-directedness? Joulia Smortchkova argues that we can, and gives a plausible account of how it works.
WW84 is that type of white feminist movie where a white man from Jim Crow-era segregation is the best man humanity has ever known but the Arab men are fanatic bigots desiring a border wall and Latino men are wife beaters & megalomonics. I’m stunned at how racist it was.
The movie was weirdly obsessed with Arabs and Muslims. Probably worse than Iron Man 1. That was a uh... bold choice.
For reference
Wait I also forgot they put this terrible loc-wig on an Indian actor and said he was a descendent of Mayans loooool. This movie was an 80 movies in the most 80 ways possible : terrible stereotyping and casting
(Hilariously the movie was co-written by Geoff Johns, an Arab American)
The movie was weirdly obsessed with Arabs and Muslims. Probably worse than Iron Man 1. That was a uh... bold choice.
For reference
oh................ oh.......... oh NO pic.twitter.com/0CpiEjjM9I
— josh lewis (@thejoshl) December 26, 2020
Wait I also forgot they put this terrible loc-wig on an Indian actor and said he was a descendent of Mayans loooool. This movie was an 80 movies in the most 80 ways possible : terrible stereotyping and casting
(Hilariously the movie was co-written by Geoff Johns, an Arab American)