Month: August 2021
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Grad Students: What Do You Wish You Knew? (Volume 2)
The academic year is soon upon us (don’t shoot the messenger). Philosophy departments are getting ready for a new class of graduate students and…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Children, Academia, and the Life of the Mind
“If children take time away from a habit of intellectual activity that is bad in itself, it’s hardly a real accusation against them.”
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Impostor Syndrome, Brilliance, and Philosophy
A new study concludes that the more a discipline is thought to value innate “brilliance” or raw intellectual talent, the more that women in…
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APA/ASA Danto Prize Winner Announced
The American Philosophical Association (APA) and American Society for Aesthetics (ASA) has announced that Sarah Elizabeth Lewis has been selected as the winner of…
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First-Generation College Students and Philosophy
A philosophy professor has embarked on a project to understand and address issues faced by philosophy students who are first-generation college students or members…
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Thought Bubble (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
One of our regular comic strip artists is taking a break, and so there’s a new comic today.
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Surplus Ideas Depository / Philosophical Wishlist
As with wealth, so, too, ideas: some people have more than they know what to do with.
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Jeffrey H. Barker (1957-2021)
Jeffrey H. Barker, professor of philosophy and president of Converse University, has died.
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…