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Category: Philosophy Phridays

  • Philosophy Phriday: How Ants Can Help Solve the Mystery of Intentionality

    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-fifth contribution in the series, submitted by Kelle Dhein. How Ants Can Help Solve the Mystery of Intentionality  Biologists ascribe meaning to living systems all the time. Geneticists are happy to say that DNA carries…

  • Philosophy Phriday: Ruining Picnics with Epistemology

    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-fourth contribution in the series, submitted by Will Fleisher. Ruining Picnics with Epistemology Suppose you know that there is a picnic going on somewhere in a nearby park, but you aren’t sure where. You want…

  • Philosophy Phriday [On a Tuesday]: Video Interview With Branden Fitelson

    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-third contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Branden Fitelson, and our first-ever Tuesday Philosophy Phriday posting! NOTE: An upcoming contributor, Carolina Flores, shared with us a fundraising drive by Philosophers Against Factory Farming in support of the Humane…

  • The Daily Ant One-Year Antiversary: In Review

    It’s hard to believe it, but it’s true. What started out one year ago from yesterday as a podunk formicid-friendly online media project with an inaugural post on loving your house ants has grown into a podunk formicid-friendly online media project with 196 published articles. Whether you’re joining us now for the first time, or have…

  • Philosophy Phriday: If There’s a Number of Real Ants, Is There a Real Number of Ants?

    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-second contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. David Faraci. We apologize for yet another Monday posting. NOTE: An upcoming contributor, Carolina Flores, shared with us a fundraising drive by Philosophers Against Factory Farming in support of the Humane League.…

  • Philosophy Phriday: Political Antimals

    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-first contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Sukaina Hirji. We apologize for the Monday posting – a mistake on our end, not Dr. Hirji’s! Political Antimals Aristotle famously asserts that ants are, by nature,…

  • Philosophy Phridays: Asshoppers and Grants – Playing at Being Human?

    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 fortieth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Amber L. Griffioen. Asshoppers and Grants: Playing at Being Human? ‘Parables, my dear Skepticus,’ replied the Grasshopper, ‘ought to come at the end, not at the beginning,…

  • Philosophy Phriday: Metaethical Implications of Myrmecology

    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 thirty-ninth contribution in the series, submitted by Joshua Blanchard. The Metaethical Implications of Myrmecology Metaethics is the subfield of moral philosophy having to do with the metaphysics, epistemology, semantics, and psychology of the moral domain.…

  • Philosophy Phriday: Value Free Ideal for Scieants

    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 thirty-eighth contribution in the series, submitted by Liam Kofi Bright. The Value Free Ideal for Scieants It’s not easy running a colony. Eggs need to be laid, food needs to be gathered, tunnels need to…

  • Philosophy Phriday: Ants in Time

    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 thirty-seventh contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Ross Cameron. Ants in Time The A-Theory (short for ‘Ant Theory’) says that there is a special moment in time: NOW. Harry the ant has just found…

  • Philosophy Phriday: Antarean Antheads

    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 thirty-sixth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Eric Schwitzgebel from one of his publications. The Antarean Antheads On the surface of a planet around Antares lives a species of animals who look like woolly mammoths…

  • Philosophy Phriday: Antological Disagreement

    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 thirty-fifth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Megan Wallace. Antological Disagreement1 Certain reflective ants spend their lives asking deep, meaningful questions such as: Do ants have free will? Do ants have souls? Does ‘good’…