Month: May 2014
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Ruse wins Russell Society Award
Michael Ruse (Florida State) has won the 2014 Bertrand Russell Society Award for exemplifying “the kind of dedication to science and reason that was…
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Would We Be Better Off Without Blame?
The reality is that we are all at best compromised agents, whether by biology, social circumstance, or brute luck. The differences among us are…
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A True Lover of Philosophy
I love philosophy, but I wonder if I love it as much as Stephen West. Here is a little bit of his story: My parents…
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Heap of Links
1. Want to annoy a metaphysician? Send him or her a link to this video, which purports to answer the question, “How Many Things Are There?” 2.…
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Socratic Circles with Backchannel
The students come to class having read a passage from a text and having prepared some questions or points for discussion about it. The teacher…
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“That Can Really Mess You Up”
That’s Neil deGrasse Tyson on majoring in philosophy. Chris Hardwick, over at Nerdist, interviews the famed astrophysicist and host of Cosmos, and one of the topics is…
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Is Your School Facing Federal Investigation?
The U.S. Department of Education released the names of colleges and universities “under investigation for possible violations of federal law over the handling of sexual…
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Blog for Philosophy Journal Editors
Jonathan Jacobs (Saint Louis University), editor of Res Philosophica, has created a blog, Letters from the Editors: Philosophy Journal Editors’ Perspectives on Academic Publishing. He…
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Women in Philosophy: Undergraduate Edition
Undergraduates at SUNY Buffalo State have formed a Women in Philosophy organization that is credited with increasing women philosophy majors at the school. You can…
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Philosopher Meets Philanthropist
William MacAskill, Oxford philosophy graduate student and soon-to-be fellow at Emmanuel College at Cambridge University, sits down with Peter Buffett (son of Warren Buffett) to…
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Nietzsche and the Suburbs
The suburbs. How deeply we are lost! So deep that we do not know we are lost. How derelict we are! So great that…
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Department of Defense Gives Philosopher $7.5m
Steve Awodey, a professor of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, has received a $7.5 million grant from the Department of Defense to “reshape the…