Caught in the web

Philosopher and AI critic Hubert Dreyfus has died. John Schwenkler on Dreyfus at First Things.
A new article from David Oderberg: “Co-operation in the Age of Hobby Lobby: When Sincerity is Not Enough,” in the current issue of Expositions . (Follow the link and click on the PDF.)
Philosopher Daniel Bonevac on being a conservative in academia, at Times Higher Education.At Aeon, Adam Frank argues that materialism cannot explain consciousness.
At Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, a review of Fran O’Rourke’s book Aristotelian Interpretations .
Philosopher Anthony McCarthy on Peter Singer and sexual consent, at Public Discourse.
The Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies announces its Summer Program for 2017.
Business Insider reveals the fantastic story behind the Marvel movie no one was ever supposed to see.
Roger Scruton on existentialism, at the Claremont Review of Books. Scruton profiled at The New Criterion.
At The Catholic Thing, Prof. Eduardo Echeverria on Pope Benedict’s and Pope Francis’s contrasting views on Gospel and Law. At First Things, historian Bronwen Catherine McShea on Pope Francis as historian.
Politico on how Pat Buchanan paved the way for Donald Trump.
Reason on Hayek’s Road to Serfdom and the situation in Venezuela.
The New Yorker profiles Daniel Dennett.
National Review on Bill Nye the Left-Wing Hack Guy. Even the New Republic thinks he’s become an embarrassment.
At First Things, Stephen Barr reviews Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky’s new book on language and evolution.
The Chronicle of Higher Education on the Claremont conservatives and Trump.
Peter Adamson on medieval Jewish, Christian, and Islamic philosophy, at Aeon.
Also at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, a review of Nancy Cartwright and Keith Ward’s new anthology Rethinking Order after the Laws of Nature .
Jerry Coyne advises his fellow left-wingers to stop demonizing Trump supporters. Noam Chomsky mocks Democrats for their obsession with Russia. Andrew Sullivan wonders why Democrats feel sorry for Hillary Clinton.
Aeon on the 25th anniversary of Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man.
Marvel Comics finds that political correctness isn’t selling. The Federalist comments. Marvel has had to fire an artist for inserting hidden Islamist messages into an X-Men comic book.
At the Times Literary Supplement, Steven Nadler asks: Exactly when did modern philosophy get started?
Reason and tolerance = shouting mindless slogans! Quillette on the tyranny of flash mobs. At City Journal, Heather Mac Donald on her ordeal at Claremont McKenna. Slate on the creepy so-called “March for Science.” Some left-wingers defend Ann Coulter’s right to speak.
Vintage Geek on common misconceptions about pulp-era science fiction.
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