Month: September 2024
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New Placement Data
Academic Philosophy Data and Analysis (APDA) has been updated to include information through 2023, and the new data has been incorporated into its interactive…
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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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Gerald J. Massey (1934-2024)
Gerald J. Massey, Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, has died.
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Steven Burns (1941-2024)
Steven A.M. Burns, professor of philosophy (retired) at Dalhousie University, has died.
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Philosopher Sara Green Wins Royal Danish Academy’s Silver Medal
Sara Green, a philosopher of science at the University of Copenhagen, is the recipient of this year’s Silver Medal from the Royal Danish Academy of…
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The Outsider Perspective
At one point in his 2017 Dewey Lecture (the audio of which was recently posted at the Blog of the APA), William Lycan (UNC)…
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Have an Idea for a Philosophy App?
About five years ago, Caleb Ontiveros, a former philosophy graduate student who went into software engineering, wrote a guest post for Daily Nous about…
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A Photographer’s Reflections on His Philosophers
“When I made the first series, one of the things I was most amazed by was how intolerant philosophers seemed.”
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Max Cresswell (1939-2024)
Max Cresswell, professor emeritus of philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka), has died.
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Oklahoma State Philosophy Receives $6.75 Million Donation
The Department of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University (OSU) has received a donation of $6.75 million to fund an endowed chair, a scholarship, the…
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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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Former Postdoc Who Threatened Philosophy Dept. Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity
“Based on these stipulated findings of fact I find by clear and convincing evidence that at the time of the event, Mr. Harris was…
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Philosopher Wins $3.8m Grant for Work on Aging & Loneliness
John Beverley, assistant professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on…
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Attracting Philosophy Majors with Combined Undergrad/Grad Degrees
The Department of Philosophy at Youngstown State University has launched a “3+3 undergraduate to law school program” that allows students to major in philosophy…