Month: November 2024
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Philosophers Available To Referee
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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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When Publishers Want to License Your Book to Generative AI Firms (updated)
Is it part of your book contract that your publisher may license your book to the makers of ChatGPT or other large language models…
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George Smith (1938-2024)
George E. Smith, professor emeritus of philosophy at Tufts University, has died.
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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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Chirimuuta Wins Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize
Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh) has been named the winner of the 2024 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
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LLM Chatbots Are Now “Peer-Reviewing” Papers
Just when you thought peer review couldn’t get any worse…
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Large Grant for Beliefless Spirituality Project
T. Ryan Byerly (University of Sheffield) has won a grant of nearly $700,000 in support of “The Beliefless Spirituality Project: Philosophical Foundations and Scientific…
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Bernard Manin (1951-2024)
Bernard Manin, a French political theorist and philosopher who was Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Emeritus…
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What I Said to My Students about the Election
There’s been a lot of discussion on social media today among professors about what they should say to their students about the election.
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Patriotism, etc.
In light of Donald Trump’s election victory, there are both substantive and strategic reasons to take up questions about what patriotism is and what…
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Beall to Remain at Notre Dame
Jc Beall, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, who had accepted an offer from the National University of Singapore (NUS), has…
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Election Day Predictions
Today is Election Day in the United States, and many people will have the close presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on…
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First-Year “Proseminars” in Philosophy Grad Programs
Many philosophy graduate programs have a course all of their first-year students are supposed to take together. They go by different names at different…
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Christopher Hookway (1949-2024)
Christopher Hookway, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield, died last month.
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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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Michael Ruse (1940-2024)
Michael Ruse, who was professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Guelph and retired from Florida State University, has died.