Summer 2025 Guest Post Series Recap


The new semester is upon us—at least some of us, yours truly included. Summer, you were good while you lasted.

[“Goodnight Beach” – photo by Justin Weinberg]

Before things ramp up to a more normal pace around here, I want to thank the authors who contributed to the Summer 2025 Guest Post Series. I very much appreciate them writing and giving us so much to think and talk about.

In case you missed any of them, see the list of links below.


Why Do Philosophy PhD Programs Even Exist?
by Barry Lam

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Detail of the Signatures Quilt by Adeline Harris Sears

When To Be a Hero
by Elizabeth Harman

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Why are Liberal Professors More Conservative on Campus?
by Joshua May

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Out in FAFO Country
by Amy Olberding

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Philosophy Departments as Sites of Collective Intellectual Activities: a Decline?
by Annalisa Costella and Kritika Maheshwari

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The Personal Value of Conversations Across Serious Disagreement
by Elizabeth Barnes

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Beyond Argument: The Creative Craft of Philosophy Writing
by C. Thi Nguyen

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On Being Seriously Funny
by Helena de Bres

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To Philosophers of Easy Virtue
by Alex Rails

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Philosophers and Embedded Ethics
 by John Basl, Jeff Behrends, Katie CreelMatt KopecMeica MagnaniVance Ricks, and Yafeng Wang  

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How to Justify an AI Ban in Your Classroom
by Patrick Lin


 

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Playa
Playa
9 months ago

Bless this series for giving us Alex Rails’ post. What an all timer that was.

GrowUp
GrowUp
Reply to  Playa
9 months ago

Ayn Rand is definitely NOT Alex Rails!

So Confused
So Confused
Reply to  GrowUp
9 months ago

What? Why is this here?

not the only one apparently
not the only one apparently
Reply to  So Confused
9 months ago

I too sometimes drink ‘n daily-nous. The results are often sobering.

GrowUp
GrowUp
Reply to  So Confused
9 months ago

Because you click his name and you get a photo of Ayn Rand!

So Confused
So Confused
Reply to  GrowUp
9 months ago

I realize now that you can click the name but – how should I put this – I don’t see anything that would get me to change my commenter name.

Chris
Chris
Reply to  So Confused
9 months ago

Justin is being silly. Reload this page and click on the name.