Month: August 2023
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Philosophy Professor’s Book Is Finalist for Kirkus Prize
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind by Clancy Martin, professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and…
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Goodin on Journals, Editors, and Publishers
“It is a classic collective action problem. In that Tragedy of the Commons, the role of the editor is to be The Enforcer, against…
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Professors’ Lawsuit Says Idaho Anti-Abortion Law Violates Free Speech Rights
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Alternative Models for the Philosophy Job Market
“Why can’t I just put my CV and a few other docs on PhilPeople, set a few parameters (geography, specialty etc.) then set my…
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Summer 2023 Guest Posts Review
If you took the summer off from checking in on Daily Nous, you missed a lot of writing by other philosophers.
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Catherine Hundleby (1966-2023)
Catherine Hundleby, professor of philosophy at the University of Windsor, has died.
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Online Philosophy Resources Summer Update
The usual weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books is an occasional report this…
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Al-Rodhan Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize 2023 Longlist (updated with shortlist)
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Guess Which Philosopher Got Booted From Twitter/X (Multiple Updates)
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Topic Suggestions for the Coming Year
What issues, developments, topics, problems, questions, etc., do you want Daily Nous to post about?
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The AI Threat, the Humanities, and Self-Cultivation
“The humanities are… a gateway to and instigator of a lifelong activity of free self-cultivation. The changes they provoke in us are not always…
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Community Colleges and PhilJobs
A commenter on the job market post last month asked whether it included data from community colleges, noting, “it seems like PhilJobs doesn’t even…
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That’s Not How Layoffs/Redundancies Work, Sussex
The University of Sussex is reportedly attempting to lay off a philosophy lecturer while at the same time advertising a new position to teach…
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Resources for Teaching in the Age of ChatGPT & other LLMs
How do large language models (LLMs) affect how we understand our job as teachers, and how does it affect what we should do in…
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Academic Freedom & Violence: The Kershnar Case Continues
Lawyers for Steven Kershnar argued, in a hearing earlier this month, that the philosophy professor should be allowed back on the SUNY Fredonia campus,…
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Back to School Supplies — for Professors and Graduate Students
Are you ready for the beginning of the semester? Of course not.
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Douglas Portmore’s Six Commandments for Getting the Most Out of Graduate School
[Originally posted on September 28, 2020.] How can you get the most out of graduate school? Douglas Portmore, professor of philosophy at Arizona State University, has…
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Enoch Wins $1 Million Grant for Work on Liberalism
David Enoch, professor of philosophy and law at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the recipient of a roughly $1 million grant for a project…
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Philosophy Colloquia: How Much Does Your Department Pay Speakers?
A philosophy professor in charge of his department’s colloquium series has asked what the norms are regarding honoraria.