Month: October 2022
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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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Khalifa from Middlebury to UCLA
Kareem Khalifa, professor of philosophy at Middlebury College, has accepted a position as professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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Large Selection of Quine’s Correspondence Now Available Online
A large selection of W. V. O. Quine’s correspondence—4495 pages of communication between Quine and 153 other philosophers—has been made online available at the…
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Kenneth Sayre (1928-2022)
Kenneth Sayre, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died.
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Philosophical Dialogues: Beyond The Usual Suspects
About five years ago I posted about philosophical dialogues, but I recently received a question about them that wasn’t taken up in that post,…
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Floridi Wins Italy’s Highest Honor
Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, Director of the Digital Ethics Lab of the Oxford Internet…
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Free Business Ethics Course Materials
A team of scholars at Georgetown University have developed a set of open-access resources for teaching and learning business ethics.
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Philosophers Call for more Scientific Research on “Civilization Collapse”
“Civilization collapse [is] the loss of societal capacity to maintain essential governance functions, especially maintaining security, the rule of law, and the provision of…
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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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The Philosopher Advising Billionaires on Philanthropy
“Advising billionaires on how to give away their money and encourage them to give more is definitely not where I saw my life going.”
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Philosopher’s Work Chosen as Art Festival Theme
Artissima, a major Italian international contemporary art fair, has chosen a philosophical theme for its 2022 edition: “transformative experience.”
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Frederic J. Schick (1929-2022)
Frederic J. Schick, professor emeritus of philosophy at Rutgers University, has died.
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Large Grant Awarded to Philosopher for Work on Episodic Memory
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has recently announced its Future Leaders Fellowship Grant winners, and among them is a philosopher working on episodic memory.
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If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: GPT-3 Edition
“How to deal with GPT-3-written essays? Instead of scolding students not to use it, we ask them to generate a ten, choose the best…
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Over 450 Academics Sign Statement Opposing Animal Exploitation
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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New Editor for Locke Studies
The John Locke Society has announced that its journal, Locke Studies, has named a new editor.