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“A Failure of Expectation Calibration”

A team of researchers conducted a three-year study of philosophers’ judgments about the philosophical capabilities of generative artificial intelligence. Their finding: “As participants became…

October 28, 2026
Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)

The “largest and most systematic study of linguistic inequity in academic philosophy to date” was recently published.

October 28, 2026
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New links…

October 28, 2026
New: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of AI and Computing

A new annual series and accompanying conference has been launched: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of AI and Computing (OSPAIC).

October 27, 2026
Don’t Sexually Harass Your Students (a continuing series)

A professor of philosophy at the University of Denver last year was found “responsible for sexually harassing a graduate student,” according to The Denver…

October 27, 2026
The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy

“Academic philosophy is generally healthy in most respects relevant to the work of the Commission.”

October 27, 2026
Coordinating the Philosophy Profession’s Response to the Use of AI in Research

We have discussed in many posts here how artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting—and could affect—different aspects of academic philosophy’s research ecosystem.

October 26, 2026
Linguistic and Conceptual Justice in AI

“Driven by the de facto dominance of English, AI multilingual alignment shows a form of cross-linguistic deference, a systematic tendency to resolve cross-linguistic disagreement…

October 26, 2026
Reminder: World Philosophy Day Coming Up Next Month

World Philosophy Day this year is Thursday, November 19th, 2026.

October 26, 2026
Timothy Smiley (1930-2026)

Timothy John Smiley, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, has died.

October 26, 2026
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more…

October 26, 2026
Where Intuitions Conflict

If you ask a group of people a philosophical question or present them with a challenging thought experiment, it’s often the case that they…

October 23, 2026
Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)

“There are, I find, things I want philosophy to do that it cannot. Or that I cannot do with it.”

October 22, 2026
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Latest links…

October 22, 2026
New Series of Philosophical Puzzles

PEA Soup is running a new series of posts on philosophical puzzles and thought experiments.

October 20, 2026
New Philosophy of AI Initiatives

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University of Toronto have launched new initiatives to support and focus philosophical research…

October 19, 2026
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more…

October 19, 2026
Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy

The Plough and Stars, a pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has begun hosting “philosophy nights”, and they’re a hit.

October 16, 2026
New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”

Why Teach Philosophy is a new series of interviews with philosophers known for their teaching, their research on philosophy pedagogy, or their work on curriculum…

October 15, 2026
AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations

We’ve asked before: “What is your department’s AI policy?” Perhaps you think a good academic AI policy should, to the extent possible, be sensitive…

October 15, 2026

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“Proportional to student body size,” the number of students majoring in philosophy at Harvard is “about 10 times the national average” — why is philosophy doing so well there?
A philosophy prof’s mission statement: “reproducing the foundations of Western civilization, one lecture at a time” — one challenge, says Joseph Heath, is that "the two sets of governing principles in our society—liberalism… and capitalism—are second-best arrangements"
“Philosophy: head and heart” — Stephen Darwall's 2024 Dewey Lecture
Is there anything to the concept of “intrinsic human dignity”? — yes, says Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and "it names a burden as much as a distinction"
“Intuition is the cognitive means by which the conceptual structure of a situation is revealed to us” — whether that situation is a stylized thought experiment or a real world experience, says Marc A. Moffett
“Professors can’t fix the problem on their own” — Victor Kumar on what university administrators need to do address AI's threat to higher education
“The wall between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, which had sustained his theory for almost half a century, was no longer sturdy” — a profile of Michael Walzer, focusing on his thoughts about just war theory and the Israeli-Palestine conflict
We may think that we lose something significant when AI beats us to a discovery — if we do, Daniel Greco says, that seems to imply we gained something significant, too
“Once upon a time there were a couple of handsome naturalistic philosophers working in and around the philosophy of fiction” — thoughts on new directions in philosophy of fiction, from several philosophers
What is the debate over whether trans women are women even about? — Katie Zhou argues that it's about which facts are granted "the cross-contextual significance and stickiness characteristic of gender"
We’re putting human brain cells into mice brains — One moral risk of this, says Mackenzie Graham, is a decrease in our ability to interpret what mice behavior tells us about their experiences and welfare
The Rawls Game — with instructions, background, advice, and downloadable character cards
“The central question would shift from ‘How do we maximize shareholder value?’ to ‘How do different forms of organization distribute power, risk and reward — and which should we strengthen?'” — Chris Marquis on the case for abolishing, or at least radically changing, business schools
Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"
Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"

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Noah Gordon on “A Failure of Expectation Calibration”
I'd be curious to hear more about who the evaluators were in the blind evaluation tasks. The human contributors are described as "philosophy PhDs and professors", whereas the…
Noah Gordon on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
I thought we were all clamoring for Kit Fine's opinion on the politicization of music studies.
Jessie Ewesmont on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Rosen and Fine are some of the greatest metaphysicians to ever live. I think everyone would be better off if they directed the majority of their energies towards…
norms are not cheap explanations! on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Weinberg offered a thoughtful presentation of a social scientific hypothesis. You offered something much more flippant (which is fine, but was also something whose content surprised me). So…
Shay A Logan on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
That’s not how statistics work.
Meme on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
"submitting amicus briefs to the Supreme Court, and having that very court cite them in support of wide-ranging judicial decisions bearing upon the rights of trans people" Is…
Moti Gorin on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
This is bizarre. For years, there has been a steady stream of articles, both in the peer reviewed literature and in the popular media, doing exactly what you…
KLY on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
Nice work! I do wonder, however, whether the proxies (working in an English-speaking country plus having obtained one’s PhD in one) classify some very accomplished non-native speakers as…
Student Philosopher on New: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of AI and Computing
Fantastic, thanks so much!
John Bengson on Where Intuitions Conflict
Fair question, Vinicius. I consider the worry in §3 and address it via what I call the First and Second Observations, which I take to be on firm…
Really? on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
So, all the professors around the world working in analytic philosophy in non-English languages do not have successful careers? My guess is that at least some of them…
Moti Gorin on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Weinberg presented a speculative hypothesis; I offered something similar in response. I was not submitting a paper to a journal or submitting an application for a grant. Nobody…
Michel on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
How did you classify authors when the home/PhD country has multiple official languages, of which English is one? (E.g. Canada; did you go down to, e.g., the province…
Ned Howells-Whitaker on New: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of AI and Computing
Seth will be happy to endorse those in this position–just email him your request link!
Michael Brent on Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy
Amazing to see the ongoing interest in these initiatives. In a similar spirit, the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research (https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/) has been offering seminars and other public events,…

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