Month: January 2020
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$2.6 Million Funding for Epistemology of the Large Hadron Collider
An interdisciplinary research group has received funding totalling approximately US$2.6 million to pursue its study of “the world’s largest research instrument”: the Large Hadron…
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Scholars Object to Publication of Paper Defending Race Science
Scholars are objecting to the decision of the editors of the journal, Philosophical Psychology, to publish an article that calls for “free inquiry” into possible inherited…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the weekly report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books.
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Jacobson from Michigan to Colorado
Daniel Jacobson, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, will be moving to the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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A Philosopher Takes on Evolutionary Psychology
“Evolutionary psychological inferences commonly fail to satisfy reasonable epistemic criteria.” The failures are so significant that good evolutionary psychology may not be possible.
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Philosophers Win NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the winners of its most recent round of grants, and several philosophy faculty are among…
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Philosophy Professor Resigns Over University’s Investments in Fossil Fuels Companies
Gregory Mikkelson, a tenured associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Environment at McGill University, has resigned because of the university’s…
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Being an “Awesome First-Year Graduate Student”
As his son approaches graduate school, Eric Schwitzgebel (University of California, Riverside), has been thinking about advice he can offer him to be an…
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Philosophers and the AAUP
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently published a statement, “In Defense of Knowledge and Higher Education,” prompted by remarks from US Secretary of Education…
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World Logic Day
Today is World Logic Day. Created by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it was first celebrated in 2019.
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David Efird (1974-2020)
David Efird, senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of York, died unexpectedly last Thursday.
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Summer Programs in Philosophy for Graduate Students – 2020
This is a post for the listing of summer programs in philosophy for graduate students.
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Summer Programs in Philosophy for Undergraduates – 2020
As in the past, I’m opening up a post for the listing of summer programs in philosophy for undergraduate students.
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the weekly report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books.
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Roger Scruton (1944-2020)
Roger Scruton, a philosopher who for many years taught at Birkbeck College, London, held various other academic appointments, wrote extensively for the public, and…