* Piotr J. Janik, Irrealia: F. Suarez's Concept of Being in the Formulation of Intentionality from F. Brentano to J. Patocka and Beyond (PDF)
* Jessica Gelber, Teleology and Understanding (PDF)
* There was a recent hubbub over environmentalists throwing tomato soup on a Van Gogh Sunflowers painting in a 'protest' against oil drilling. Some people (including the group that did it) tried to excuse it on the ground that the painting was protected by glass. But as others have noted, this is shortsighted -- museums prioritize accessibility, which means that the protections against vandalism are often only suitable protection for ordinary conditions, not things like having liquids thrown at them.. The glass won't necessarily protect the painting from moisture seeping through the edges, and of course the painting has to be cleaned very, very carefully to prevent the liquid from getting on the painting when the protective glass is removed -- which you have to do, because you can't just wipe it down, in case the liquid seeped in at the edges. And while people tend not to notice frames, good museum-quality frames are often very expensive, and sometimes they have a special historical connection with the painting, and of course frames are not protected by the glass. Moreover, tomato soup, which seems to have been used here, is acidic, and there is no telling beforehand how it (or even its fumes in close proximity) will interact with anything. In any case, Caroline Mimbs Nyce interviews a museum security guard in Just How Safe Is Great Art? at The Atlantic. The answer to the headline question is: much less than you might think.
* Folk Horror: An Introduction, by Andy Paciorek
* Nico Dario Muller, Korsgaard's Duties towards Animals: Two Difficulties (PDF)
* Austin Williams, A Love Letter to My Philosophy Students, on Occasion of a New Semester, at Macrina Magazine
* Fred Sanders, Trinity, Father, and "God" in John of Damascus
* Donald Wallenfang, The Abandoned: Toward a Christocentric Phenomenology of Prayer, at Church Life Journal. This is very interesting, but I think it has a weakness that often characterizes this kind of discussion, namely that it says 'prayer' but actually means a very specific form of advanced prayer that is quite removed from common experiences of prayer, which are much more likely to be captured by an ordinary phenomenology of interaction with signs and symbols or of imaginative reflection, combined with a trust that God will do whatever He deems best with it.
* Amanda Parrish Morgan, The Imperative to Buy the Best Stroller, at JSTOR Daily
* Anton Howes has been discussing the question, Why Wasn't the Steam Engine Invented Earlier? The essential elements required for a steam engine were in fact discovered long before the actual steam engine, so it's an interesting question. And one that requires a considerable amount of thought:
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* Brad Skow discusses human characteristics in music, in Beethoven
