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How Academics Can Make Use of ChatGPT
Much of our talk about ChatGPT has been about students using it to cheat, but there are ways to use it that academics might be interested in trying for themselves. (more…)
To φ Or Not To φ
Shoenfield Logic Book and Article Prize Winners Announced
The Association for Symbolic Logic has awarded its 2022 Shoenfield Logic Book and Article Prizes. (more…)
Hübner Wins the Journal of the History of Philosophy’s Best Article Prize
The Journal of the History of Philosophy has awarded its 2022 best article prize to Karolina Hübner (Cornell). (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
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Summer Programs in Philosophy
Reminder: if you are running a summer program or summer school in philosophy, there is a place to list it to make it more visible to potentially interested parties. (more…)
New Project to Fund Converting Journals to Open Access
Editors of academic philosophy journals whose content is largely behind paywalls may be interested in applying to a new program from MIT Press that will “cover the expenses of transitioning a journal to open access model for a three-year term, provide the Press’s full suite of publishing services, and support the development of a sustainable funding model for the fu..
Benjamin R. Tilghman (1927-2023)
Benjamin Ross Tilghman, professor emeritus of philosophy at Kansas State University, has died. (more…)
Philosophers Among Winners of Recent Large ERC Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) recently announced the winners of their sizable “Consolidator Grants,” and several philosophers were among them. (more…)
New £20,000 Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize
The Royal Institute of Philosophy (RIP) has announced the creation of a new book prize to recognize “the most original philosophical research that transcends academic disciplines”. The prize comes with a monetary award of £20,000 (≈ $24,600). (more…)
What Do Experiments in Philosophy Teaching Look Like? (guest post)
“There is room to think creatively about how to improve learning and love of philosophy via innovation in pedagogy.” (more…)
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Three Authors Win Symposium Book Awards This Year
Symposium: The Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy has announced the winners of its 2022 Book Award. (more…)
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NUS Philosophy Apologizes for Rejection Email Mishap
To its credit, the Department of Philosophy at National University of Singapore, in a timely manner, emailed some applicants to its recently advertised open rank position to inform them that they were no longer being considered for the job. Unfortunately, the email addresses of all of the recipients of the rejection letter were visible in the “cc” section of the mes..
Norms for Publishing Work Created with AI
What should our norms be regarding the publishing of philosophical work created with the help of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT or other forms of artificial intelligence? (more…)
Bronstein from New South Wales to Notre Dame Australia
David Bronstein, previously lecturer in philosophy at the University of New South Wales, last fall became Senior Research Fellow/Associate Professor at the Institute for Ethics & Society at The University of Notre Dame Australia in Sydney. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (more…)
Nyholm from Utrecht to LMU Munich
Sven Nyholm, currently associate professor of philosophy at Utrecht University, will be joining the Faculty of Philosophy at LMU Munich, where he will be Professor of Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. (more…)
How Risk-Averse is Academic Philosophy?
“Philosophical inquiry thrives when it is conducted in a spirit that risks overreaching a bit,” yet “the current incentive structure of academic philosophy in the United States favors cautious and modest research agendas for early career philosophers.” (more…)
R. Lanier Anderson Elected APA Board Chair
The Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association (APA), at its Fall 2022 meeting, elected R. Lanier Anderson (Stanford) as its next Chair. (more…)
Dold and Stanton Win Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics
The 2020-21 Mark Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics has been awarded to Malte Dold and Alexa Stanton (Pomona College) for their paper, “I Choose for Myself, Therefore I Am: The Contours of Existentialist Behavioral Economics“.
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The Development of Experimental Philosophy
A recent survey of publications in experimental philosophy provides a picture of the field’s growth and range. (more…)
Kraus from Notre Dame to Johns Hopkins
Katharina Kraus, previously associate professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, is now, as of this term, associate professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. (more…)