Month: April 2025
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New: The Formal(ish) Philosophy Discord Server (updated)
There’s a new place online for people working in formal philosophy, broadly construed.
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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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Here Come the AI-Powered Bot Students
“We didn’t use to have to decide if our students were human, they were all people. But now there’s this skepticism because a growing…
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Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: The Personal Invitation
Affirmation. It’s natural to want it and to be encouraged by it. If deserved, it’s good to give. And giving it to your students…
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Berggruen Increases Essay Competition Prize to $50,000
The Berggruen Institute, a multidisciplinary international think tank dedicated to “exploring the ideas we need for our changing world,” last year launched an essay…
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Philosophers Among New Guggenheim Fellows
The Guggenheim Foundation, which is celebrating its centennial this year, has announced its 2025 Fellows, and a few philosophers are among them.
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Canadian Association of University Teachers Issues US Travel Warning
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), a federation of independent associations and trade unions representing university teachers and other academic professionals has advised…
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British Society for the History of Philosophy Announces Recent Prizewinners
The British Society for the History of Philosophy and its journal, The British Journal for the History of Philosophy, have announced the latest winners…
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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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Philosophers Among New ACLS Fellows
The American Council of Learned Societies has announced its new class of fellows, and four philosophy professors are among them.
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Acts of Professional Kindness
“Many of us owe our careers to… well-timed acts of professional kindness in the face of bureaucratic mechanisms or capricious supervisors.” (Pinning this to…
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Ordinary Language Philosophy in Supreme Court Gun Case (updated)
What is a weapon? That question was the focus of a recent US Supreme Court decision, Bondi v. Vanderstock.
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Abrol Fairweather (1969-2025)
Abrol Fairweather, a philosopher at San Francisco State University, has died.