Month: June 2018
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McDaniel Wins APA’s 2018 Sanders Book Prize
Kris McDaniel, professor of philosophy at Syracuse University, is the winner of the American Philosophical Association’s 2018 Sanders Book Prize, for his book, The Fragmentation…
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Mini-Heap
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 11 recent items of interest to philosophers (and others interested in philosophy) from the Daily Nous Heap of Links.
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Philosophers Lead Academics’ Effort To Restrict Facial Recognition Technology
If you’re like most people, you probably haven’t been thinking much about facial recognition technology. Philosopher Evan Selinger (Rochester Institute of Technology), has, and he thinks we…
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Strabbing from Fordham to Wayne State
Jada Twedt Strabbing, currently assistant professor of philosophy at Fordham University, has accepted a position as associate professor of philosophy at Wayne State University.
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$860,000 Grant to Study Kantian Ethics
What is the “political-theoretical background” of the central concepts of Kantian ethics? Pauline Kleingeld, professor of philosophy at the University of Groningen, was just awarded…
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An Ethics Bowl Inside San Quentin State Prison
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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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Submitting Book Proposals to Multiple Presses at Once
A reader writes in with a question about book publishing:
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When Scientists Read Philosophy, Are They Reading The “Wrong Philosophers”?
“The trouble with physicists who denigrate philosophy is that they read the wrong philosophers, which sad to say is most philosophers.” That’s Clark Glymour (Carnegie Mellon) in…
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French Teachers Consider Strike Over Reduction in Philosophy Curriculum
Last week, at the completion of their high school studies, 750,000 students in France took the baccalauréat exam in philosophy, or “bac philo,” as it…
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Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items of interest to philosophers (and others interested in philosophy) from the Daily Nous Heap of Links.
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Creating a Semantic Network of the History of Philosophy
“Our goal is to create a repository of semantic maps for a large range of philosophers and freely share those maps with anyone who’s…
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H. Tristram Engelhardt (1941-2018)
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Professor of History and Philosophy of Medicine at Rice University and Distinguished Emeritus Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, died last week,…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the weekly report of new entries in online philosophical resources and new reviews of philosophy books.
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Raz Wins Tang Prize in Rule of Law
Joseph Raz (Columbia Law School, Kings College London), well-known for his work in legal, political, and moral philosophy, is the 2018 winner of the…
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Lebron Wins Hiett Prize in the Humanities
Chris Lebron, associate professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, is the winner of the 2018 Hiett Prize in the Humanities.
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Philosopher Wins $1.8 Million Grant to Study Minority Entrepreneurship
Chris Surprenant, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Orleans (UNO) and director of the university’s Honors Program, has won an $1.8 million grant…
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Stanley Cavell (1926-2018) (updated)
Philosopher Stanley Cavell, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Emeritus, at Harvard University, has died.