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Should PhD Students Embargo Their Dissertations?
Most universities offer PhD students the option to embargo their dissertations, usually for up to two years. During the embargo, access to the official dissertation is restricted. Its content is not placed online, and if someone wanted to read it, they would likely have to go to the library of the university at which the degree was earned and view the hard copy whil..
Philosopher Named Editor of Novel Book Series on Black Male Studies
Tommy Curry, professor of philosophy and Africana studies at Texas A&M University, has been named editor of the first-ever university press book series focused on black and racialized males. (more…)
Mini-Heap
Once again, it’s Mini-Heap! (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the weekly report of new entries in online philosophical resources and new reviews of philosophy books. (more…)
The “New Questions of Philosophy”
“What subjects are now being confronted at the frontiers of philosophical inquiry, breaking from the familiar philosophical concerns of canonical figures like Plato, Locke, and Descartes?” That was a question raised recently by the editors of “The Masthead,” a new member-based media program at The Atlantic.
Mini-Heap
Mini-Heap time! (more…)
Philosophical Diamonds
“I don’t know any academic field whose writing regularly indulges in sentence structure as complex as in analytic philosophy.” (more…)
New Bertrand Russell Archives and Research Centre Opens
The Bertrand Russell Archives and Research Centre at McMaster University has opened. While McMaster University acquired the Russell Archives 50 years ago, and has had a Research Centre focused on Russell since 2000, the collection is now in what the university newspaper, The Silhouette, reports is its own “state of the art facility.” (more…)
Claremont Graduate University Closes Philosophy Department
Claremont Graduate University has closed its philosophy department and fired its two tenured philosophy professors, according to a report at Inside Higher Ed.
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the weekly report of new entries in online philosophical resources and new reviews of philosophy books. (more…)
Mini-Heap
Once again, here are 10 recent items from the Heap of Links, DN’s collection of materials from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers (and others interested in philosophy). (more…)
New Release from Philosopher-Musician Olúfẹmi O. Táíwò
Looking for some good music? There’s a new EP out from Olúfẹmi O. Táíwò, a philosopher who just earned his PhD at UCLA and is starting as an assistant professor at Georgetown University this fall. (more…)
A Plea for More Short Journal Publications (guest post by Avram Hiller) (updated w/ reply to comments)
“The marginal increase in overall enlightenment that arises from the additional time philosophers use to perfect long articles (and for readers to read them) is in many cases less than what could be achieved by using our time in other ways.” (more…)
2018 Lakatos Award Winners Announced
The Lakatos Award is given annually “for an outstanding contribution to the philosophy of science, widely interpreted, in the form of a book published in English during the current year or the previous five years.” This year two recipients were selected: (more…)
Topic-Appropriate Excuses for Plagiarism in Philosophy Papers
For a paper on time travel: “I didn’t plagiarize David Lewis’s 1976 American Philosophical Quarterly paper. In 1975, he traveled to the future and plagiarized me!”
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Self-Citation and Anonymous Review
How should you go about preparing an article for anonymous peer-review if you cite yourself in your article? There are a couple of issues here that suggest that mere redaction is not usually enough. (more…)
Mini-Heap
Here are 10 recent items from the Daily Nous Heap of Links, a collection of materials from around the web of interest to philosophers (and others interested in philosophy). (more…)
End Philosophical Protectionism
Economists generally agree that protectionist policies (tariffs, subsidies, and other measures that shield domestic firms and laborers from foreign competition) are harmful to a nation’s overall economic well-being. Yet they continue to be implemented, in part because they sound good to an uninformed population susceptible to being swayed by nationalist rhetoric, an..
How to Teach (Philosophy): Readings Sought
What readings about teaching would you assign to philosophy graduate students? (more…)
New Journal: “Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice” (corrected)
A new journal, “Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice,” will have its inaugural issue in winter 2019. It will be an annual, interdisciplinary, online and open-access journal. (more…)
Australasian Association of Philosophy Announces Award Winners
The Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) has announced the winners of its 2017 Australasian Journal of Philosophy (AJP) Best Paper Award and 2018 Annette Baier Prize. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the weekly report of new entries in online philosophical resources and new reviews of philosophy books. (more…)
Mini-Heap
Good morning! Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items of interest to philosophers (and others interested in philosophy) from the Daily Nous Heap of Links. (more…)
Trolley Problems: You’re Doing It All Wrong
As philosophy comes to occupy more and more of the public’s attention—which is good news—it is not surprising that a lot of that attention is directed at ideas and examples that are dramatic and easy to describe. Chief among these, it seems, is the trolley problem (it it has even shown up on a network sitcom). The trolley problem is so popular, though, that disc..
Mini-Heap
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 11 recent items of interest to philosophers (and others interested in philosophy) from the Daily Nous Heap of Links. (more…)
Philosophers Lead Academics’ Effort To Restrict Facial Recognition Technology
If you’re like most people, you probably haven’t been thinking much about facial recognition technology. Philosopher Evan Selinger (Rochester Institute of Technology), has, and he thinks we all should be, too, for it poses a serious threat to human welfare. Now he, Peter Asaro (a philosopher at The New School), and others have written an open letter to Amazon CEO Je..
Strabbing from Fordham to Wayne State
Jada Twedt Strabbing, currently assistant professor of philosophy at Fordham University, has accepted a position as associate professor of philosophy at Wayne State University. (more…)