Month: December 2014
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Philosophy as Bad Science?
Somewhere along the line many physicists have come to believe that it must be possible to formulate a theory without observational input, based on…
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New App Brings APA Eastern Into 21st Century
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has partnered with Guidebook to make a mobile app for its Eastern Division meeting later this month. The old paper…
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Directory of Philosophers from Underrepresented Groups
The UPDirectory is a new website that provides a directory of philosophers from traditionally underrepresented groups in philosophy. From the site: The purpose of…
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James Murphy (not Tooley) on “The Colorado Sex Scandal” (corrected & updated)
CORRECTION: It appears that, contrary to what I initially posted, Professor Tooley did not write the report mentioned in this post. I was provided a…
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Philosophers Gift Guide
I thought Daily Nous should get in on the year end list action. But what would be a good list? Top philosophy blog posts?…
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T-Shirt Update and Charity Poll (updated)
The first ever Daily Nous t-shirt sale is over. An elite group of 38 people with apparently really good taste were lucky enough to…
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New Political Philosophy Prize
David Sobel (Syracuse) announces the creation of the Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy: The Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy is a biennial…
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Creativity, Hierarchy, and Authenticity in Professional Philosophy
What would motivate a person to write a dissertation prospectus in the manner of Wittgenstein’s Investigations? And what happens when one does? Bharath Vallabha…
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CU Boulder’s “Reckless” Treatment of Philosophy Department
Wes Morriston, University of Colorado philosophy professor emeritus, has written an opinion piece in The Daily Camera in which he excoriates the university administration’s…
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Northwestern U. Student Asks Judge To Reconsider
The Northwestern University undergraduate whose Title IX lawsuit against Northwestern University, for its handling of her alleged sexual assault by philosophy professor Peter Ludlow,…
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APA Pacific Hotel Scam
Michael Brownstein writes in with the following warning: Philosophers: if you are going to the Pacific APA and have reserved a room at the…
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Philosophers on Torture
The Report on the C.I.A.’s Use of Torture from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence was released several days ago. As we have occasionally…
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This is It!
Today is the last day of the Daily Nous t-shirt sale! As far as I know, this is the only shirt with this fantastic…
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Marquette: An Update (several updates)
The Marquette University administration continues to figure out what to do in response to associate professor of political science John McAdams’s unprofessional and harassing…
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Colorful Fallacies Chart
The website Information Is Beautiful has put together a colorful chart of over 50 fallacies, sorted into six different categories. Created by David McCandless, it’s also…
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Philosophy Tag
So we were busy. But it’s okay. It’s only a game, and that game is philosophy tag. When we were last in session, Michael…
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Philosophy at Community College
In the Tusculan Disputations, Cicero famously says, “Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and set her in our cities,…
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APA 2014 Guide to Graduate Programs
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has released its 2014 Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy. The guide provides information on faculty, program strengths, placement, financial…
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Oregon Philosophy Faculty Removed from Courses (Updated)
“One by one, objecting faculty members are being removed as instructors of record for classes that they teach with graduate teaching fellows or classes…