The Demise of Reading?
“Americans are probably reading more words than ever before. What has changed is what they read, and how. People are bombarded with emails, text messages, X posts, Reddit threads, Instagram captions. This explosion of textual fragments has come at the expense of devoting sustained attention to longer written works that convey rich and complicated information. ” (mo..
Free Web-Based Logic Software (guest post)
Interested in completely free, browser-based, instructional logic software? (more…)
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Philosophy, Brain Studies, and the Value of Curiosity
An op-ed about curiosity published in the New York Times yesterday will resonate with many philosophers. (more…)
New Mentoring Program Focuses on Philosophers from the Global South
The Centre for Ethics, Law and Public Affairs (CELPA) at the University of Warwick has announced a mentorship program that “aims to support academics from groups underrepresented in moral, legal, and political philosophy, particularly researchers without established connections to elite institutions and scholars from the Global South.” (more…)
The Philosophy Job Market Deepfake (guest post)
Have you heard? AI companies are hiring philosophers! (more…)
Luke Fenton-Glynn (1982-2026)
Luke Fenton-Glynn, a philosopher at Monash University, and before that, University College London, has died. (more…)
Prestige, Career Paths, and Job Satisfaction Among Recent Philosophy PhDs (guest post)
Philosophy PhDs whose family backgrounds are higher in socioeconomic status are more likely to earn their doctorates from more prestigious programs. The graduates of more prestigious PhD programs are more likely to prefer academic employment to non-academic employment, and to obtain it. (more…)
APA Launches Job-Market Mentoring Program
The Committee on Academic Career Opportunities and Placement of the American Philosophical Association (APA) has launched a new academic job-market mentoring program. (more…)
Time for Philosophy’s COI Policies to Grow Up (guest post) (updated)
“Philosophy’s broadening impact has generated increasing interest from industries looking to partner with academic philosophers. Ties are now especially common between philosophers and technology companies producing AI products. These changes call for discipline-wide reflection on the norms of research integrity.” (more…)
Philosophers Working in or with AI Firms & Organizations (updated)
(Originally published on March 17th, 2026.)
To what extent has the development of AI over the past several years led to non-academic work for academically-trained philosophers? (more…)
NYT: “The Revenge of the Philosophy Major”
“One of humanity’s oldest disciplines and one of its newest inventions feel distinctly made for each other.” (more…)
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Dept of Education Issues “Earnings Premium” Rule; Philosophy, in General, Should Be OK
The US Department of Education has issued a new rule that makes the availability of Federal financial aid for students conditional on whether the programs the students are enrolled in meet an “earnings premium” criteria. (more…)
Utilitas Pausing Submissions, Bringing on More Editors
The philosophy journal Utilitas is temporarily halting submissions.
The New Open-Access Journal Philosophical Logic Is Now Publishing
Last December, all of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature’s Journal of Philosophical Logic resigned and formed Philosophical Logic, a new “diamond” open-access journal (details here). (more…)
Exeter’s Executive Board Proposes Massive Cuts; Petition Launched
The Executive Board of the University of Exeter has proposed cutting around 150 staff roles, reports the BBC, with with 115 of them in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, according to Times Higher Education. (more…)
“I’m much less concerned about how people react to me”
That was part of Rebecca Tuvel’s answer to a question from journalist Evan Goldstein about “the benefits of almost getting canceled.” (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Monthly Update
Here’s (usually weekly, but during the summer, monthly) report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes. (more…)
Priest from CUNY to Tohoku
Graham Priest, currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, will be moving to Tohoku University in Japan. (more…)
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Writing Together: A Teaching Experiment (guest post)
“I’m very fond of the take-home essay, as there’s something irreplaceable about the experience of articulating a theory over the course of multiple weeks—doing background research, letting the ideas marinate in one’s subconsciousness, and chiseling away at the draft until every word is perfectly placed.” (more…)
Complaint Against Appointment of Trans Philosopher to REF Panel Dismissed
In April, Jonathan Pike, a professor of philosophy at Open University, submitted a formal complaint about the appointment of his colleague, professor of philosophy Sophie Grace Chappell, a trans woman, to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 subpanel for philosophy. (more…)
Gender, Publications, Teaching, and Satisfaction in the Early Stages of a Philosophy Career (guest post)
“Publication differences by gender are small or statistically undetectable during graduate study, but become more pronounced by graduation and especially by the time of first permanent hire…. Teaching portfolios appear broadly similar across gender groups in terms of overall volume, though there are some suggestive differences in how teaching labor is distributed..
Kant Studies Online: No Longer Online
What happens to the articles published in an online-only journal when that journal not only ceases to publish, but ceases to exist? (more…)
Petition Against Dundee University Plan to Cut Philosophy Degree
“The University of Dundee has announced it plans to cease offering Philosophy as a named degree from 2027. This news has come as a complete shock to students, staff and the wider Scottish community. We, the philosophy community of Dundee, are determined to fight this.” (more…)
APA Prizes: Spring 2026 Edition
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its Spring 2026 prizes. (more…)
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A slightly larger mini-heap of links than usual… (more…)