New links… To say that something is indescribable is to describe it. What should we think about this “paradox of ineffability”? — best to dissolve it, argues Peter van Elswyk “Moving through time also means moving through space” — this makes time travel “a very bad idea”, explains Douglas Giles (via the Browser) Two new sermons by St Augustine discovered — about the Old Testament story of the Witch of Endor and its implications “The highbrow has its defenders (snobs) and the lowbrow its defenders (hipsters), but it is not easy to find defenders of the middlebrow” — Until now. Aaron Meskin & Jonathan Weinberg explain and defend the possibility of good middlebrow art “I’m certainly as prone as the next academic to bemoaning the trials and tribulations of contemporary university life—but when I [compare it to my] pre-academic world of work and education… my good fortune smacks me in the face” — Nigel Pleasants on his path into academic philosophy “It would be the largest protected class in society. Even if it existed, would it be a class that people wanted to join?” — Joshua Rothman on lookism and the epistemic injustices faced by those deemed ugly “Our students [have] compelling and deeply felt moral objections to using generative AI in their university work. We think educators should respect this” — Carla Fehr & Jenny Saul think we should stop assuming all students are tempted by the technology Mini-Heap posts usually appear when several new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, a collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers. The Heap of Links consists partly of suggestions from readers; if you find something online that you think would be of interest to the philosophical community, please send it in for consideration for the Heap. Thank you.Previous edition.  

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