Month: February 2017
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Ruth Millikan Wins 2017 Rescher Prize
Ruth Millikan, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut, is the winner of the 2017 Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy.…
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Innovations in Philosophical Events: The Dance Dialog
The Logos Dance Collective is a fluctuating assemblage comprised of dancers, choreographers, musicians, composers, designers, cartographers, and philosophers, [that] rebels against disciplinary constraints as it…
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How Bad Is Reviewer 2, Actually? Data from a Philosophy Journal
Does Reviewer 2 deserve that terrible reputation?
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Clemson Philosophy Professor, Others, Fast To Pressure University To Condemn Immigration Order
Philosopher Todd May is one of three Clemson University professors who have begun a six-day fast to pressure their school’s administration into speaking out against…
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Audio Recordings of J.L. Austin Lecture
Via Eric Johnson-DeBaufre, librarian at the Robbins Library of Philosophy at Harvard University, come a pair of audio recordings of J.L. Austin discussing performatives.
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Trump Meets Socrates — They Talk About Women (guest post by Simona Aimar)
The following is a guest post* by Simona Aimar, a lecturer in philosophy at University College London, in which she shares a dialogue between Socrates…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
As usual, here’s the weekly report of what’s new at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi.
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Protecting The Rule of Law Against Donald Trump
The rule of law is traditionally contrasted to “the rule of men.” The contrast captures the difference between societies in which the awesome power…
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Indigenous Philosophy and Philosophers in the US
What’s the state of Indigenous philosophy and Indigenous philosophers in the US? Kyle Whyte (Michigan State University), himself an Indigenous philosopher, has an informative…
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2017 PROSE Awards and Philosophy
The 2017 Winners of the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) have been announced, and among them, in the “Best New…
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US Philosophers Against Trump’s Policies Towards Mexico
Over 200 U.S. philosophers have added their names to a statement repudiating the Trump Administration’s intended policies towards Mexico, a longtime ally of the…
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Poll: Impact of Academic Boycott of the US on Philosophy Conferences
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…
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What Should Humanities Institutes Do?
What should humanities institutes at universities do? Among other things, “prompt general efforts toward identifying the varied roles that the humanities can play in…
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Philosophy, Mainstream Media, and the Public
If you are an optimist there is no crisis. Philosophy departments are thriving; even if television isn’t covering philosophical debates Radio 4 is; and…
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The New Federal Task Force On Higher Education
The Trump administration is creating a new task force on higher education, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. It will be headed by…
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Influences on Faculty Salary
A new study reveals the effect that various factors, apart from scholarly productivity, have on faculty salary, according to a new study reported on…
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Graduate Admissions and the Immigration Order
A philosopher writes with the following query: In response to their questions, I have just had to write to two people who are applying…