The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the fifty-sixth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Audrey Yap. Speech Acts and Unspeakable Ants At the annual ACP/CPA (Association Canadienne de Philosophie/Canadian Philosophical Association) conference, I encountered an ant-related speech act.

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the fifty-fifth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Danny Weltman. Personal Identity and Personal Idantity In the movie Antz, the worker ant Z-4195 regards hundreds of ants all dully dancing in the same shuffling motion…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the fifty-fourth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Daniel Singer. To Understand Ant Communication, We Can’t Forget What Ants Forget It is well-known (to any reader of this blog, anyway) that ant communication is very…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the fifty-third contribution in the series, submitted by Gretchen Ellefson. What Do (Ant) Emojis Mean? According to the reputable website emojis.wiki, the ant emoji, , is “a synonym for ‘hardworking.’” This came as a surprise to me;…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the fifty-second contribution in the series, submitted by Madeline Eller. The Formicid Mystique: Embodied Social Norms and Common Sense One of the reasons that I am happy to be a philosopher rather than a scientist is…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the fifty-first contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Helena de Bres, with illustrations by Dr. Julia de Bres. The Ants Who Prefer Not To If there’s one thing we think we know about ants, it’s…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the fiftieth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Helen De Cruz. The Puzzle of Inter-Group Cooperation: What Ants Can Tell Us, and What it Means for Brexit and Trade Wars Humans and ants share a…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-ninth contribution in the series, submitted by Jack Samuel. Unity and Antnihilation  Ants do things together. So do humans, though not quite in the same way. Ants do nearly everything together, but then, come to…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-eighth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Jay Odenbaugh. The Sociobiological Misadventures of Ants In the 1960s, Richard Levins, Richard Lewontin, Robert MacArthur, E. O.Wilson, and Leigh Van Valen occasionally met in Marlboro, Vermont…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-seventh contribution in the series, submitted by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. Antílcar Cabral: National Liberation and Soil Culture A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world. Linepithema humile (LH) started on a single continent,…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-sixth contribution in the series, submitted by Carolina Flores. Propositional Anttitudes and Social Coordination We are inveterate mentalizers: we primarily think of one another, and often of other animals, as minded. More specifically, we ascribe…