The author says that preventing him from engaging with a press, it's clear the company doesn't appreciate the value of unrestrained philosophical discussion. But I think if anything, we should be championing the fact that a corporation would seek to hire somebody with the skills of a philosopher for whatever they're doing. It's not a weird thing. And it's not violating the spirit in which they got their PhD.
David and Tamler argue about William James' classic essay "The Will to Believe." What's more important - avoiding falsehood or discovering truth? When (if ever) is it rational to believe anything without enough evidence? What about beliefs that we can't be agnostic about? Are there hypotheses that we have to believe in order for them to come true? Does James successfully demonstrate that faith can be rational?
Plus, a philosopher at Apple who's not allowed to talk to the media - what are they hiding? And why are academics constantly telling students that academia is a nightmare?
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