The Ethics of Intervention in Iran (guest post)
“In light of the awful brutality by the Iranian government against the uprising in late December 2025, the case for humanitarian intervention in Iran is not obviously implausible…”
Licensing Fees for Translations
A philosopher who has written several books has a question about the publication of translations. (more…)
Influential Ideas in an AI Era
A philosopher often praised for the accessibility of his writing, when asked about it (he often took part in advice sessions for younger academics), would say that he is not writing for today, but for the future. (more…)
Tracking Mentorship
The “Mentorship Index Calculator” is now live. What is it? (more…)
When [Philosopher] Is Not A [Philosopher]-ian
“David Hume was not a Humean.” (more…)
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Elizabeth V. Spelman (1945-2025)
Elizabeth “Vicky” Spelman, professor of philosophy at Smith College, died this past December. (more…)
Discussion Arcs for Topics and Philosophers (guest post)
When over the past 85 years have certain terms and persons been more or less frequently discussed in the philosophical literature? (more…)
Dagfinn Føllesdal (1932-2026)
Dagfinn Føllesdal, professor of philosophy emeritus at Stanford University and the University of Oslo, has died. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more. (more…)
Cantor’s Plagiarism
A new article by Joseph Howlett at Quanta explains how Georg Cantor plagiarized Richard Dedekind’s work on infinity. (more…)
Anthropic’s Statement on the Department of War’s Demands
Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of War, earlier this week ordered Anthropic, the company that makes Claude artificial intelligence products, to allow the Department of War unrestricted use of Claude. Anthropic is resisting, saying that certain restrictions on Claude’s use are necessary to protect “democratic values”. (more…)
Academic Equipment: Sounds & Silence
In this installment of the occasional academic equipment series, the topic is audio.
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When Philosophy Enters the Criminal Court: Black Male Studies as Expert Testimony (guest post)
To what extent should theoretical approaches to understanding the world offered up by the humanities be sensitive to empirical evidence? And how might the humanities be different if its scholars took the demands of evidence more seriously? The emergence of Black Male Studies provides one lens through which to look at these questions. (more…)
All Happy Classrooms (guest post)
Are all happy classrooms alike? Probably not. But perhaps there’s some qualities common to many of them. (more…)
Malcolm Budd (1941-2026)
Malcolm Budd, emeritus professor of philosophy at University College London, has died. (more…)
Michelle Beer (1941-2026)
Michelle Beer, professor of philosophy at Florida International University, has died. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more. (more…)
Florida Implements Stronger Thought Policing
With measures borrowed from history’s totalitarian regimes, political leaders in Florida are taking unprecedented steps to indoctrinate students and prevent them from learning about the world in ways that may lead them to question the leaders’ ideology. (more…)
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Philosophy Facts
Philosophy is a “fact-based discipline” that makes progress, says Bryan Frances, and to prove it he offers up “200 straightforward facts directly about philosophical matters that virtually all philosophers know and non-philosophers don’t know.” (more…)
An AI Analyzes Philosophers’ Discussion of AI
Last week I posted about PhilLit, a new AI research tool for philosophers that finds and summarizes philosophical writing. The post generated a lot of comments, which prompted one reader to run a little experiment. (more…)
An Index of Philosophy Book Reviews
Matt Zwolinski (University of San Diego) says he has long thought it would be useful to have a website in which you could type in the name of a book and be shown all the different reviews of it that have been published. (more…)
Activism and the Pursuit of Knowledge
The pursuit of knowledge generates disagreement, including disagreement about how to pursue knowledge. (more…)
Grammarly Is a Cheating Machine
Grammarly is sometimes thought by instructors to be a relatively benign writing tool app, akin to a sophisticated spelling and grammar checker. (more…)
CV Do’s and Don’ts
I’ve been asked to put up a post about what goes under the “publications” heading on a cv, but I thought we could expand the discussion to include other bits of cv-related advice for job applicants. (more…)
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