Month: January 2025
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New Interactive Visualization of Philosophy
Designer Deniz Cem Önduygu has built a new interactive visualization of philosophy.
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Philosophy Summer Programs 2025
Are you putting on a philosophy summer program, philosophy summer school, or philosophy camp in 2025?
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DeepThinking To Some Purpose (guest post)
“Real thinking isn’t about the grammatical structure of a sentence but about the mental state of being curious, puzzled, and actively seeking understanding.”
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Moratorium on Philosophy & Other Programs at the University of Puerto Rico
The president of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Luis Ferrao Delgado, has temporarily shuttered undergraduate major programs in 64 fields, including philosophy, across…
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Explaining the Value of the Liberal Arts Requires More than Words
“The decline in liberal-arts disciplines is happening because, on many campuses, no one has taken ownership of explaining them.”
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Trump Halts All Federal Grants (update: OMB Rescinds Order)
“To the extent permissible under applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance……
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Transferring Referee Reports from One Journal to Another
Several publishers have policies that say that a manuscript rejected by one of its journals may be referred to another of its journals.
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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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Philosopher & Artist Couple’s Film Nominated for an Oscar
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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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The Philosophical Lexicon (updated)
A commenter the other day used “chisholm” as a verb, reminding me that it has been a while since The Philosophical Lexicon has made…
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Most Cited Recent Philosophy Articles, Year by Year
“What philosophy journal article, published less than ten years ago, has the most citations in philosophy journals?”
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Publishers Want To Sell Companies the Right to Train AI on Your Books: Should You Consent?
Should authors consent to have their publishers grant licensing requests by firms and projects to allow them to train their generative AI on their…
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Philosophy Major and Department at Risk in Sonoma State Budget Bloodbath (updated)
The philosophy major at Sonoma State University is among several degree programs slated for elimination at Sonoma State University, and the philosophy department is…
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George Bealer (1944-2025)
George Bealer, emeritus professor of philosophy at Yale University, has died.
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Campus Visit Horror Stories 2
It has been 9 years since we last discussed some of the “amusing or awful or cringe-worthy” experiences job candidates have had during on-campus…
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A Love Letter to Philosophy
“Philosophical enquiry makes the entire planet better than it would otherwise be. It helps constitute the awesomeness of Earth. Philosophy needs no further excuse.”
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Portland State Philosophy Protests “Administrative Malfeasance”
The administration of Portland State University has violated the university’s collective bargaining agreement in laying off three long-employed members of the Department of Philosophy,…