Month: February 2025
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Franklin & Seifert Win 2024 Popper Prize
Alexander Franklin (KCL) and Vanessa Seifert (Bristol) are the winners of the 2024 Popper Prize.
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Baghramian to Create Center for Ethics in Public Affairs in Armenia
Maria Baghramian, currently professor of philosophy at University College Dublin, will be moving to the American University of Armenia for a five year period…
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Jeffrey J. Jordan (1959-2025)
Jeffrey J. Jordan, professor of philosophy at the University of Delaware, has died.
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Philosophy Fortnight: A Celebration of British Philosophy
The British Philosophy Fortnight is a celebration of “all that is positive in the world of UK philosophy—education and learning, research and policy impact,…
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Summer Work for Professors Not Teaching Then
A professor writes in hoping for some suggestions regarding summer employment.
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Holmes Rolston III (1932-2025)
Holmes Rolston III, Emeritus Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State 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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New(ish): Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (OECS) is a free, online collection of multidisciplinary peer-reviewed articles on various topics in cognitive science.
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Part of the Analytic Tradition, But Maybe Not Philosophers
“Are there people who are unambiguously part of the analytic movement, but [about whom] it is an interesting question whether they are an analytic…
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Competent Referees for Controversial Ideas
“I think Jeff McMahan is in for the surprise of his life when the submissions to his new journal start coming in.”
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Free & Equal Launches Essay Prize
The editors of Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs, the open-access journal created last year by the former editorial team of…
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Bill Introduced in Kansas Legislature Would Effectively End Tenure (updated)
A bill introduced into the Kansas State House of Representatives last week would, if made law, make it impossible for state institutions of higher…
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While Tables Burn: On the (Non) Existence of Trans People and the Failure of Philosophy (guest post)
“There are indeed consequences when we punch down or pretend that what is, in fact, a hostile attack, is merely ‘inquiry for inquiry’s sake.’…
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$3 Million Global Philosophy of Religion Project
The “Global Philosophy of Religion Project: Fundamental Spiritual Reality, Human Purpose, and Living Well”, based at the Birmingham Centre for the Philosophy of Religion at…
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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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Flipping the Conference: How Did It Go?
In a previous post, I shared the plans for a conference structured in a somewhat unusual way, the “Coffee Break Conference of Aesthetics.” The…