Month: April 2014
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Nicholas of Cusa on the Radio
2014 is the 550th anniversity of the death of 15th Century German philosopher Nicholas of Cusa (aka Nicolaus Cusanus), and you are probably asking yourself…
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What is Happiness?
Everyone thinks happiness is at least sometimes good, but what is it? Dan Haybron (St. Louis University) takes on some traditional accounts and defends…
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Ernesto Laclau (1935-2014)
Ernesto Laclau, an Argentine political theorist at the University of Essex, has died. Laclau worked in the continental post-Marxist tradition, and is known for…
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Philosophers win Guggenheim Fellowships
Philosophers Eva Feder Kittay (Stony Brook), L.A. Paul (UNC Chapel Hill), and John Palmer (University of Florida) are among the 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship winners. (via Leiter)
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Philosopher’s Carnival #162
Recent posts from all over the philosophy blogosphere are selected and summarized at Aesthetics for Birds in the new Philosopher’s Carnival. Lots of interesting…
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Heap of Links
1. The science of looking smarter. 2. Professors, you’ve been rated by your students, but have you been drawn? 3. Article on author Lucy…
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Same Old Song and Dance?
Maybe you’ve always thought there was something off about Ayn Rand, but I bet you weren’t thinking off-Broadway. Well this May, The Anthem, a theater production…
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Political Theory Conference as Preparation for Lawsuit
The Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT) hosts several events in political philosophy and theory, including a large annual conference each fall, the MANCEPT Workshops.…
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Good Philosophical Comic Strips (Friday Fun)
Let’s get a list of good philosophical comic strips going. Post one you like. If it is online, great; list a brief description along with…
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Are Sperm Donors Deadbeat Dads?
“I… think that donor conception is irresponsible. I sometimes compare it to ‘deadbeat dads’: men who abandon their wives and children and don’t provide…
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Free Porn Studies
The inaugural issue of the academic journal Porn Studies is out, and it’s a big one, by which I mean it is a double issue.…
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Philosopher May Hold Record For Most Letters To The Editor
Felicia Nimue Ackerman, a philosopher at Brown, has had over 200 letters to the editor published in the New York Times, The New Yorker…
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Philosophers Among the 2014 ACLS Fellows
The 2014 Fellows of the American Council of Learned Societies have been announced, and the winners include five people working in philosophy: Michael Brownstein…
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A Philosophical Look at Zoos
Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University) has a post at OUPblog in which she makes use of the recent giraffe and lion killings at the Copenhagen Zoo as a…
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Mark LeBar (Ohio University) to Florida State
Mark LeBar, currently professor of philosophy at Ohio University, has accepted a senior appointment at Florida State University, beginning January 2015. Professor LeBar works…
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Raiders of the Lost Death Mask
For the past few years philosopher Sean Kelly (Harvard) has been on a quest to locate the missing “death mask” of Blaise Pascal. You didn’t…
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Comedians on Philosophers
Modern Day Philosophers is a series of podcasts of comedians talking about philosophers. It is hosted by comedian Danny Lobell, and has featured a variety…
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Pretty Penny Paid for Plato
Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford has sold its most expensive book ever: a two volume edition of the complete works of Plato, in the original…
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“Significant” Women Philosophers
Charles Murray (American Enterprise Institute), speaking at the University of Texas yesterday, reiterates that “he had found no ‘evidence’ to prove that any woman had…
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You’ve Got To Know When To Tollens…
Professional poker player Sam Holden will be walking away from the table to pursue a degree in philosophy at the University of Kent. Story…