Month: January 2022
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Bengson & Shechtman from Wisconsin to Texas
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin is adding John Bengson and Anat Shechtman to its faculty.
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Virtual Dissertation Writing Groups
Virtual writing groups for people working on their dissertation in philosophy will be forming soon.
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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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Appiah Named Next President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Kwame Anthony Appiah, professor of philosophy and law at New York University, has been elected president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Should Philosophy Grad Programs Interview Applicants?
Recent updates posted at the Grad Cafe by prospective graduate students in philosophy have mentioned the scheduling of admissions interviews at certain departments. Not many…
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Areas/Topics of Submissions to Generalist Philosophy Journals
Some philosophical areas (and topics) don’t show up often in the pages of prestigious generalist philosophy journals. Is it because the journals don’t get…
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New Political Philosophy Book Series to Focus on Marginalized Philosophers and Topics
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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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Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women in Philosophy
The Mentoring Project Workshop, an initiative of the Women in Philosophy Task Force, aims to provide women in the early stages of their careers…
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New: Annals of Mathematics and Philosophy
A new journal, The Annals of Mathematics and Philosophy, will soon be releasing its first issue.
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Kah Kyung Cho (1927-2022)
Kah Kyung Cho, emeritus professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, has died.
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Book Manuscript Workshops
Wouldn’t it be useful to have a group of people read your book manuscript and have a discussion about it with you?
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Logic and the Law
“‘And’ may be read ‘or,’ and ‘or’ may be read ‘and’ if the sense requires it.”
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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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Service-Learning in Philosophy Courses
“Moral problems, like global and local food insecurity, aren’t just abstract problems; they are practical problems with practical solutions. It’s important not just to…
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Which Questions Can’t Philosophy Answer By Itself?
In an interview in The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Australasia, Thomas Spiteri asks Peter Godfrey-Smith (Sydney) about “how best to make epistemic progress” answering philosophical…
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How Do You Teach Your Students To Read?
“A video I recently watched that was meant to help college students learn to read began by saying, ‘Don’t read for class the way…
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New Book Series to Feature Cross-Cultural Philosophy
The editors of a new book series from Oxford University Press (OUP) that will publish works that “exhibit conversation between traditions or cultural sources…