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PIKSI’s in Peril but You Can Help (guest post)

The Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institutes (PIKSI) in Boston aim to “broaden inclusion within professional philosophy.” In part because such efforts are…

October 14, 2026
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New links…

October 13, 2026
The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy

“What do we lose if LLMs kill the journal system? Nothing but some heavy ass chains, and a few weak heuristics for assessing CVs…

October 13, 2026
Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?

Various parties concerned about the risks that artificial intelligence (AI) pose to humanity have called for a pause in its development. But such a…

October 12, 2026
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

This is the report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open…

October 12, 2026
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October 9, 2026
AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)

“AI systems… will transform the discipline: they will make philosophy more capital-intensive. “

October 8, 2026
Those OpenAI Math Results

In what is being called “the most important event in the history of mathematics” (by an AI), OpenAI, using an advanced model not yet…

October 7, 2026
Simion Elected to ISC Board

Mona Simion, professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, has been elected to the Governing Board of the International Science Council (ISC).

October 7, 2026
Your One Piece of Philosophy Grad School Advice

If you could give beginning philosophy graduate students just one piece of advice, what would it be?

October 6, 2026
A History of U.S. Philosophy Via APA Presidencies (guest post)

With which universities have APA Presidents been affiliated?

October 6, 2026
Philosopher Among New AI2050 Senior Fellows

David Danks, professor of philosophy, artificial intelligence, and data science at the University of Virginia, has been awarded a $1 million three-year senior fellowship…

October 6, 2026
Ioanna Kuçuradi (1936-2026)

Ioanna Kuçuradi, a leading Turkish philosopher, has died.

October 5, 2026
Philosophers Among Recent ARC Future Fellowship Winners

The Australian Research Council last month announced the winners of its latest round of Future Fellowships.

October 5, 2026
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October 5, 2026
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

This is the report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open…

October 5, 2026
A Request from an AI (updated)

People in the philosophy world sometimes write to me seeking help with problems they’re having, asking me to look into some issue or event,…

October 2, 2026
Overwhelming Cheating

In a comment on an earlier post, a professor suggested as a topic for discussion, “Academic integrity violations becoming commonplace (analog, not just AI!)…

September 30, 2026
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September 30, 2026
A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows

Felipe De Brigard, professor of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, principal investigator at the Imagination and Modal Cognition Lab, and core faculty…

September 29, 2026

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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"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more
New data on earnings by major and university — though not all universities
“AI poses two different existential threats to [our] valuing practices” — Jordan MacKenzie offers an account of why negative judgments about AI taking over our creative and caring activities are justified
“Submission” is a humorous clicker-style game about starting a career in academic philosophy (or not) — created by Nat Hansen
“The best investment in education is to become the most human human—a challenging, fulfilling, exciting pursuit that connects us across generations” — an interview with Christa Acampora, philosopher and dean of Arts & Sciences at UVA
“What would happen if we tried to live without the mythology of agency at all?” — It's worth pondering, since "agency is just an internal command hallucination," says Alexander Douglas
“Reading List” is a free Mac app for keeping track of papers to read — philosophy PhD student Hayden Kajercline created this productivity tool for researchers, with help from Claude
How should we react to scary predictions about AI? “First: by asking questions” — "If you believe predictions uncritically, it amounts to obeying in advance," says Carissa Véliz
“I feel unbelievably lucky that I was able to make philosophy my profession” — Karen Ng reflects on her path into philosophy, at #first-genphilosophers
The ordinary concept of knowledge “doesn’t work at all the way philosophers said it does” — a round-up of studies shows how weird the philosophers' version of the concept is
1000 or so psychiatrists were asked to diagnose standardized clinical case vignettes. “Two doctors agreed on the diagnosis only 55% of the time” — What does this tell us about psychiatry? Or about other fields in which experts disagree?
Where Aristotle taught Alexander — "this newest dig may be the most revealing yet, offering insight into the specifics of Alexander the Great’s education"

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Nigel on Those OpenAI Math Results
Cool 😎
AGT on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
According to OpenAI our smart vacuum cleaners will kill us all in a few months time, so who cares about publications. Let them come! (Remember the lady on…
Kim Balu on Cain Todd (1976-2026)
I am so saddened to hear this. Cain was my lecturer and dissertation supervisor during my BA at Lancaster. He was such an intelligent, spirited, erudite and inspiring…
why on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Well even if it was significant, we had twenty other posts discussing a variation of this theme in the past week, so maybe we could move on
Kevin Richardson on PIKSI’s in Peril but You Can Help (guest post)
I just wanted to give some additional support for this. I remember co-founding PIKSI-Boston when I was graduate student at MIT (alongside Matthias Jenny, A.E. Jaques, and Sally).…
Peter on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
One worry I have is that this will exacerbate prestige bias (which is already pretty rife). As someone at an institute that does not have great prestige, it's…
Another Philosopher on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
My thoughts exactly.
ERW on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
No, it can't on any serious definition of "do philosophy." There is plenty going on in our profession unrelated to tech fads.
Zach Goodsell on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
A computer can autonomously do philosophy now. Is that not a significant thing?
David Wallace on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
The lower bound of both is presumably zero (AI might be harmless; for any economic crash, there is another one that causes less harm). The upper bound of…
assopro on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
the upper bound will have lower likelyhood than the lower bound and the lower bound of economic disaster is far higher than the lowerbound of ai harm. the…
Adam Rigoni on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
I think I understand the complaint. Some people seem glib and or even jolly about something that, if true, is going to screw a lot of people over.…
Henry Shevlin on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Oh, and with end-2030 as the specific resolution date!
Henry Shevlin on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
It was back in May 2023, we were walking in Riverside, and I was making the case that by the end of the decade AI would be able…
David Wallace on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
I can certainly see the case that, if AI progress slows or stalls, that the major companies won't be able to service their debt and will go bankrupt.…

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