Month: May 2024
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Two Philosophers Named “New Generation Thinkers” by BBC
The BBC and the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have selected “ten of the UK’s most promising arts and humanities early career…
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One Philosophy Student Among This Year’s Newcombe Fellows
Italo Alves, a PhD student in the Department of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, is the sole philosophy student among the 2024 class of…
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Buckner from Houston to Florida
Cameron Buckner, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Houston, will be moving to the University of Florida, where he will take up the…
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Academic Equipment: The Work Bag
This is the first in a series of occasional posts about the things academics tend to use—the tools, equipment, accessories, and other products we need…
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New Master’s Program Brings Together Philosophy & Data Science
A new master’s program offered by the Center for Philosophy, Science, and Policy (CPSP) at the Marche Polytechnic University combines data analysis, machine learning,…
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Wonderly from San Diego to Hopkins
Monique Wonderly, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, has accepted an offer from Johns Hopkins University, where she…
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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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Nenad Miščević (1950-2024)
Nenad Miščević, professor of philosophy at the University of Maribor in Slovenia and one of the most influential Croatian philosophers, has died.
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Srinivasan on Open Letters, Protests, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom
Amia Srinivasan’s specialty, it seems to me, is making sense of moral ambivalence: detecting, dissecting, and sometimes defending its reasonability, even in the face…
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Van Leeuwen from Georgia State to Florida State
Neil Van Leeuwen, currently associate professor of philosophy at Georgia State University, will be moving to Florida State University, where he will be professor…
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Lee Wins Sanders Metaphysics Prize
Andrew Y. Lee, assistant professor at the University of Toronto, is the winner of the 2024 Sanders Prize in Metaphysics.
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Should Universities Protect Protest Speech?
“It is important to insist that, contrary to the Chicago Principles, deliberation and protest are fundamental forms of free expression.”
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Theunissen from Pittsburgh to Rice
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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Stilz from Princeton to Berkeley
Anna B. Stilz, professor in the Department of Politics and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, will be moving to the…
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Teaching Philosophy with Non-Linguistic Media
We have students read books and articles, write essays, answer test questions, and make presentations. These all mainly involve words. Is it worth thinking…