Month: August 2024
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Owens to Be Next Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy (updated)
David Owens, currently professor of philosophy at Kings College, London, will be moving to the University of Oxford, where he will be the Sekyra…
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Philosophy Job Market Report for January-June 2024
How was the academic philosophy job market during last season’s “secondary cycle”?
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Fraser from Oxford to MIT
Rachel Fraser, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, will be moving to the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts…
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One University’s AI Guide for Students, Written with the Help of AI
“When permitted, you can use AI tools for help but not to do the work for you.”
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Philosophers Among Recent NEH Grant Winners
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced its latest round of grant winners, and several philosophers are among them.
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When Your Semester Starts Without a Contract
In my inbox yesterday: “I am about to begin teaching tomorrow and I have yet to receive my contract…”
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Wisconsin Campus Closure Approved; Philosophers & Others To Lose Jobs
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted last week to approve the closure of the Waukesha campus of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.…
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The Collapse of Academic Marxism?
In an entertaining post at In Due Course, Joseph Heath (Toronto) tells the tale of the “death” of Marxism in analytic political philosophy.
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Robert Stern (1962-2024)
Robert A. Stern, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield, has died.
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Philosophers in Industry “Office Hours”
Members of the American Philosophical Association’s Committee for Non-Academic Careers who have PhDs in philosophy but who work outside of academia are holding office…
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George M. Wilson (1942-2024)
George M. Wilson, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Southern California, has died.
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Six Techniques for Being a More Effective TA (guest post)
How can you facilitate more lively, interesting, and educational discussions in your classroom?
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Philosophers’s Annual for 2023
Which articles made it into the latest Philosopher’s Annual?
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The “Academic Great Gatsby Curve” in Philosophy
The “Great Gatsby Curve” describes the positive correlation between “income inequality” and “intergenerational income persistence” (lack of income mobility). An academic Great Gatsby curve…
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What’s Up With the World Congress of Philosophy?
The World Congress of Philosophy (WCP), which takes place every five years, convened in Rome earlier this month. The WCP typically has a very…
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The Philosophy of Science Association’s Excellent “Office Hours”
Here’s a useful idea from the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) that other philosophy groups should consider duplicating: the expert office hour.
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On the First Day of Your Intro-Level Philosophy Course
You’re teaching a lower-level philosophy course. Many of your students may be encountering philosophy for the first time ever on the first day of…