Philosophy Grad Programs and the GRE, 2021-22 Application Cycle
Several philosophy graduate programs had previously announced that they were either permanently, or temporarily owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, no longer requiring applicants to submit Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores. What about for this coming application cycle, for admission in 2022?
Philosophy Professor Resigns to Protest University’s COVID-19 Plan
Jeremy Fischer, who until yesterday was a tenured associate professor of philosophy at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), resigned from his position to protest his university’s COVID-19 policies for the coming term. (more…)
Virtual Dissertation Writing Groups
Joshua Smart (Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville) is once again organizing virtual dissertation writing groups. (more…)
Philosophers Win Substantial ARC Early Career Awards
Several philosophy faculty are among the winners of Discovery Early Career Research Awards from the Australian Research Council (ARC). (more…)
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The latest links in the Heap… (more…)
Free Online NYU Event to Bring Philosophy to High School Students
The Annual High School Philosophy Conference @ NYU, a free, online event aimed at introducing high school students to philosophy and motivating them to learn more about it, will be taking place on September 18th. (more…)
Campaign to Permanently Move Some APA Meetings Online
Philosophers for Sustainability, an international group of over 200 philosophers “that aims to encourage our profession to take leadership on climate change and environmental sustainability,” has launched a campaign to urge the American Philosophical Association (APA) to move one or two of its annual divisional meetings entirely online. (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…)
Bits of Laughing Matter (guest post)
Gerald Dworkin, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, seeks out philosophical humor and has put together a couple of volumes of it (see here). (more…)
Joseph Koterski (1953-2021)
Joseph Koterski, a professor of philosophy at Fordham University, has died. (more…)
Academic Freedom & COVID-Related Topics
How are universities regulating how faculty may discuss COVID-related topics such as mask wearing and vaccinations with students? (more…)
Grad Students: What Would You Tell Your Professors, But Can’t? (Volume 2)
Philosophy graduate students, what would you like to tell your professor(s) right now, but can’t? (more…)
Tanya Rodriguez (1972-2021)
Tanya Rodriguez, associate professor of philosopher at Sacramento City College, has died. (more…)
Philosophers Cited in IPCC Report
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body for assessing science related to climate change, earlier this week released the report of its Working Group I, which is the first installment of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), to be completed in 2022. (more…)
Mind Chunks
Sarah Broadie (1941-2021)
Sarah Jean Broadie (née Waterlow), professor of philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, has died. (more…)
Deontologists, Utilitarians, and Predictability
Non-philosophers tend to view utilitarians as less moral and deontologists as more moral. The reason for this, according to recent research, is that deontologists are more “predictable.” (more…)
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New links for the Heap… (more…)
Grad Students: What Do You Wish You Knew? (Volume 2)
The academic year is soon upon us (don’t shoot the messenger). Philosophy departments are getting ready for a new class of graduate students and those new graduate students getting ready for graduate school. What should those new graduate students know? (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…)
Children, Academia, and the Life of the Mind
“If children take time away from a habit of intellectual activity that is bad in itself, it’s hardly a real accusation against them.” (more…)
Impostor Syndrome, Brilliance, and Philosophy
A new study concludes that the more a discipline is thought to value innate “brilliance” or raw intellectual talent, the more that women in it—and especially women from groups traditionally underrepresented in that discipline—experience impostor syndrome. (more…)
APA/ASA Danto Prize Winner Announced
The American Philosophical Association (APA) and American Society for Aesthetics (ASA) has announced that Sarah Elizabeth Lewis has been selected as the winner of the 2022 Arthur Danto Prize. (more…)
First-Generation College Students and Philosophy
A philosophy professor has embarked on a project to understand and address issues faced by philosophy students who are first-generation college students or members of other traditionally underrepresented groups, and she could use your help. (more…)
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Recent additions to the Heap of Links… (more…)
Thought Bubble (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
One of our regular comic strip artists is taking a break, and so there’s a new comic today. (more…)
Surplus Ideas Depository / Philosophical Wishlist
As with wealth, so, too, ideas: some people have more than they know what to do with. (more…)
Jeffrey H. Barker (1957-2021)
Jeffrey H. Barker, professor of philosophy and president of Converse University, has died. (more…)