Month: March 2014
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Powers, Capacities, and Dispositions
Ruth Groff (Saint Louis University) writes to inform me of a new, open, collective blog she writes for and coordinates called Powers, Capacities &…
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Philosophy v. Common Sense
Speaking of philosophical methodologies (and there is of course a lot that falls under that heading), one longstanding issue is the extent to which philosophy must…
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What Are We Doing When What We’re Doing Is Philosophy?
A number of philosophers will take up that question at the Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group’s Spring Workshop on Philosophical Methodologies this May. The workshop’s…
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“How Philosophy Can Illuminate Sport and Vice Versa”
David Papineau has begun a new blog, More Important than That, on “how philosophy can illuminate sport and vice versa.” Those interested in philosophy of…
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Nagel on Nozick and Philosophy
A new edition of Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia is available, and contains a foreword by Thomas Nagel. Nagel describes not just the main themes…
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Cohen, the Latke-Hamantash Debate, and Incommensurability
Owing, sadly, to Ted Cohen’s death, I learned of the Latke-Hamantash debate, an academic debate, begun in 1946, over the relative merits of these…
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Latest on the Ludlow Story
The Chicago Reader sums up some of the latest news on the sexual assault allegations surrounding Northwestern University philosophy professor Peter Ludlow. The article…
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Adrienne Martin (University of Pennsylvania) to Claremont McKenna
Adrienne Martin, associate professor of philosophy at University of Pennsylvania, will be moving to Claremont-McKenna to take up the Murty and Shankar Professorship of…
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Candidate Whose Offer was Rescinded Responds
W, a candidate for an assistant professorship in philosophy at Nazareth College whose offer was rescinded mid-negotiation responds to criticisms in this article at Inside…
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On What Matters (and How to)
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, whose recent book, Plato at the Googleplex, has been widely reviewed, pens a column for The Stone in The New York Times on social…
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The Philosophy of the Technology of the Future of Punishment
Rebecca Roache, a philosopher at Oxford and a fellow at its Future of Humanity Institute, is interviewed at Aeon Magazine about the ways in which…
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Ted Cohen (1939-2014)
Ted Cohen, a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, has died. Professor Cohen worked mainly in aesthetics, the history of aesthetics, and…
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Open Borders Day
Today is Open Borders Day, which seems to be the creation of the people who run the Open Borders website. The site is well…
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Philosophers among the 10 most famous people. Ever.
The NY Times Magazine has an article on MIT’s new Pantheon project, which aims to map “cultural production.” According to it, the top ten…
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Philosophy Majors & IQ
If you were to rank undergraduate majors by average IQ, where would philosophy majors be on that list? Here is one such list, with…
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Petition Asks APA to Develop Comprehensive Accessibility Policy
Shelley Tremain has launched a petition asking the APA to develop a comprehensive accessibility policy and to create an advisory group to oversee its…
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Philosopher App Store (Friday Fun — an occasional series)
It’s Friday, and it is apparently a slow news day in the world of philosophy, so let’s make some fun. The Philosopher App Store…
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Three Philosophers Win ACLS Fellowships
The American Council of Learned Societies has announced the winners of its 2013-14 Charles A. Ryskamp and Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship competitions. Three philosophers are…
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Epistemic Humility
Ellen Fridland, a philosopher at King’s College London, reflects on recent upheavals in the philosophy blogosphere in this brief “Plea for Humility“. …in times…
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When An Offer Is Rescinded Mid-Negotiation
A candidate received an offer from Nazareth College, a small liberal arts college. She replied with a list of provisions that would “make my…