Month: November 2024
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Gifts You Would Want: A Crowd-Sourced Gift Guide with a Prize – 2024 Edition – deadline extended
Last year, instead of putting out a typical holiday gift guide, I put together a gift giveaway. It was fun, but I think I …
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Arnold Koslow (1933-2024)
Arnold Koslow, emeritus professor of philosophy at City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, died last month.
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New Journal: Philosophy & Digitality
Philosophy & Digitality is a new open-access journal “devoted to the philosophical significance of digitalization and its impact on the humanities, cultural studies, and…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes…
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Four Philosophers Make Vox’s “Future Perfect 50” List
Vox publishes an annual list of fifty “thinkers, innovators, and changemakers who are working to make the future a better place.” This year’s edition includes…
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If People Could Get Just One Thing From Philosophy…
Happy World Philosophy Day!
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A New Tool to Track and Analyze Philosophers’ Mentions (guest post)
Philosophers have always referred to other philosophers in their writing, but not always with citations.
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Scholars Protest Flawed Evaluation of Polish Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
Scholars are objecting to a decision by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education to let stand what they’re calling a “flawed and…
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Boston University Suspends PhD Admissions in Philosophy & Other Fields (updated)
Boston University (BU) has suspended admissions to PhD programs in a dozen departments in its College of Arts and Sciences, including philosophy, according to…
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World Philosophy Day Is this Thursday
World Philosophy Day is the third Thursday of November. That’s this Thursday. Is your department doing anything to mark the day? Are you?
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Woodward wins Hempel Award
James Woodward, emeritus professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, is the winner of the Philosophy…
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Publishers Using AI-Written Abstracts of Your Work – CORRECTION
Academic publishing corporation Wiley appears to be using a large language model (such as ChatGPT) to generate abstracts for works it publishes, without involving…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes…
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The Painting Commissioned to Respond to Hume’s Racism
“In 1753… David Hume had published a revised version of one of his celebrated essays, on ‘National Characters’. In a lengthy new footnote, he…
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Political Philosophy’s “Obsolescence” In a World of Trump, etc.
“I strongly suspect that much of political philosophy and political theory and not a little bit of ‘applied,’ policy-salient ethics of the last three…
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Little Things Journals Can Change Now To Improve the Review Process
Maybe you’re among those who are hoping for drastic changes to the practices and norms of reviewing manuscripts for publication in philosophy journals.