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Stefan Baumrin (1934-2018)

Stefan Baumrin, emeritus professor of philosophy at Lehman College and the Graduate Center at City University of New York (CUNY), and emeritus professor of medical ethics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has died. (more…)

What Is the Best Type of Open Access for Philosophy and Other Humanities Disciplines? (guest post by Roberta Millstein)

The following is a guest post * by Roberta L. Millstein, professor of philosophy at the University of California, Davis. (more…)

Sylvain Bromberger (1924-2018)

Sylvain Bromberger, professor emeritus of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has died. (more…)

Help Crowdfund a Book on Women Philosophers by Women Philosophers

The Philosopher Queens is book in progress that features over 20 chapters on women philosophers written by women philosophers. (more…)

Lessons on Disagreement from a Psychologist of Human Error

Lee Ross (Stanford), an influential social psychologist, reflects on his career of studying error and disagreement in a new essay at Perspectives on Psychological Science. (more…)

Mini-Heap

Welcome to the latest edition of Mini-Heap. (more…)

PhilPeople: from Philosophy to Philo-Me (guest post by Mitchell Aboulafia)

“The ‘me’ culture has colonized philosophy.”

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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

Here’s the weekly report on new entries in online philosophical resources and new reviews of philosophy books. (more…)

New Prizes in Epistemology and Metaphysics from the APA

The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the creation of two new prizes: one in metaphysics, named for Nicholas Rescher (Pittsburgh), and one in epistemology, named for Ernest Sosa (Rutgers). (more…)

Is Scientific American a Trustworthy Periodical?

Scientific American is a monthly magazine aimed at popularizing scientific and technological findings. But how trustworthy a magazine is it? (more…)

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A new Mini-Heap is here. (more…)

Philosophy Publishing and Europe’s New Open Access Requirement

Last week, eleven national funding agencies in Europe, along with the European Commission and the European Research Council, announced the creation of “cOALition S,” which set forth what is being called “Plan S,” an initiative requiring that any academic publications, including books, resulting from research they fund “be published in compliant Open Access Journals ..

To φ Or Not To φ (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)

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High School Teacher Placed on Leave for Moral Problems Quiz (Update: Teacher Resigns)

A high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave (with pay) after a parent complained about a lesson in which students were asked to morally reason about some provocative situations, according to The Columbus Dispatch last week. (more…)

New: the Journal of Modern Philosophy

A new online, open access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on philosophy from the 16th century through mid-18th century has been created. Called the Journal of Modern Philosophy, its co-editors are Aaron Garrett (Boston University) and Antonia LoLordo (University of Virginia). (more…)

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It’s the latest Mini-Heap! (more…)

Bentham: Premier Posthumous Producer of Peculiar Pleasures

Jeremy Bentham is weirder than you thought. (more…)

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

Here’s the weekly report on new entries in online philosophical resources and new reviews of philosophy books. (more…)

University of Pennsylvania Philosophy Stops Requiring the GRE

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania has decided to, at least temporarily, stop requiring applicants to its PhD program to submit GRE scores, and not take them into account even if included in applications. (more…)