Month: February 2022
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Call for Refereeing Data from Journal Editors
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve seen complaints from journal editors about the difficulty of finding referees and managing the refereeing process in…
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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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Ways to Help Ukraine
Daniel (Daniil) M. Ozernyi of Northwestern University writes: I am a Ukrainian. I am sure you are aware of the situation which befell my…
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Philosophy Under Threat at SUNY Potsdam
“Our department is being threatened with elimination even though by all measures, except number of majors, we excel.”
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When Philosophizing in Public, Remember How Strange We May Seem
Philosophers have a long history of being misunderstood by others. The risk of dangerous misunderstandings have led some philosophers in previous eras to take…
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Papazian and Peritia Essay Prizes Awarded
The International Journal of Philosophical Studies and the University College Dublin Centre for Ethics in Public Life have announced the winners of the Robert Papazian…
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How Editors Can Use PhilPeople to Find Referees
At least part of the “referee crisis” in philosophy comes from the fact that many philosophers are never or only rarely asked to referee.…
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How to Fix the Referee Crisis in Professional Philosophy (guest post)
In the following guest post, Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam) provides a two-step solution to the referee crisis in philosophy.
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New “Philosophy in Biology and Medicine” MA at Bordeaux
The University of Bordeaux is launching a new Master’s degree program in “Philosophy in Biology and Medicine.”
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Walker Wins Journal of the History of Philosophy 2021 Best Article Prize
The editorial team of the Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) has announced that the winner of its 2021 Best Article Prize is…
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Buchak Wins Inaugural Plantinga Prize
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced that Lara Buchak (Princeton University) is the winner of its inaugural Alvin Plantinga Prize.
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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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Is Peer Review in Philosophy “Broken Beyond Reasonable Repair”?
Over at The Philosopher’s Cocoon, Helen de Cruz (SLU) laments her experiences with peer review from the perspective of an editor trying to get…
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€2.3 Million Grant for Work on Philosophical Responses to Newton
Three philosophers have been awarded a €2,349,000 grant for their project, “Responses to Newton’s Mathematical-Experimental Paradigm in 18th-Century Philosophy.”
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Winners of the APA’s 2021 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its 2021 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest.
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“Negative attitudes toward philosophy and philosophers”
Yesterday morning, Laura Kennedy, a writer and freelance journalist who often writes about philosophy (and who recently earned her PhD in philosophy at Trinity…