October 2025
Sandel Wins 2025 Berggruen Prize
Michael Sandel, professor of government at Harvard University, is the 2025 winner of the $1 million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.
The Counterfeiting of the Humanities
In 2023, I attended an annual conference on the humanities. In a conversation over lunch, a program manager for a state humanities council, whose job is to review grant applications for humanities projects in their state, asked me what I did. After I replied that I was a philosophy professor, she responded, “Oh, I didn’t know that philosophy was a humanities .” (mor..
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… (more…)
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Teachable and State of the Art
A philosophy professor has a question about teaching that I think will resonate with many readers. (more…)
Will There Be Midterm Elections?
According to a site that aggregates data from several betting markets, bettors think there’s a 63.9% chance that the Democratic Party will regain control of the US House of Representatives in the midterm elections scheduled for November 3rd, 2026. (more…)
New: Guides to Public Philosophy
The Public Philosophy Network has published the first volume in its series of “Guides to Public Philosophy.” (more…)
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Expanding the Range of Professional Philosophical Opportunities via Environmental Ethics
“One of the most visible and impactful ways that philosophers demonstrate their practical value,” says Matthew Kisner, professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, is by having ethicists “embedded in a professional setting, working alongside clinicians and health care professionals.” He is now applying this model to environmental ethics. (more…)..
If Anthropic Used Your Work, You Could be Entitled to Compensation
The settlement in the copyright lawsuit against Anthropic provides authors of books they trained their AI on with compensation. (more…)
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… (more…)
Neil Mehta’s Guide to Professional Philosophy
“It is often thought that philosophical excellence is the sole province of the genius. I by contrast believe that it can be achieved through countless small techniques that can be taught and learned.” (more…)
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Where Philosophers Write
Where do you like to write? (more…)
Memorial Event for Helen De Cruz
This past June, Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, died at the age of 46. (more…)