Month: November 2025
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Gratitude
In a previous Thanksgiving post that first appeared in 2016, I noted that a 1975 article in Ethics by Fred Berger (then a philosopher at…
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Kind & Nickel Awarded Prize for Philosophy in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
The German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology, the largest continental European national association for psychiatry, has announced the winners of its…
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Pevnick Wins Rockwell Prize
The Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership at the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston has announced the…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, and more—including, now, a section on recently published…
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Tell Us About A Great Holiday Gift And You Might Just Get It
Tell us about something that would make a great gift, and in exchange you get a chance of winning it or any of the…
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Philosophers Among Australia’s “Top 250 Researchers”
The Australian has published its Research Magazine, which includes a list of the top current researchers in Australia in 250 fields.
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Beyond Authorship Vibes: Preserving Judgment and Trust in the Age of AI (guest post)
Artificial intelligence is an amazing technology, but also one that seems to pose threats to human relations, to aspects of human flourishing, and to…
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Portland State Ordered To Reinstate Laid-Off Philosophy Faculty & Others
“Administrators who claim that their university is under financial distress must not be given carte blanche,” wrote members of the Department of Philosophy at Portland…
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Philosophers Among Winners of ERC’s Major “Synergy” Grants
The Synergy Grants program from the European Research Council awards grants of millions of euros to “foster collaboration between outstanding researchers, enabling them to…
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Even Conscientious Students in Their Favorite Courses…
In a philosophy seminar—“my favorite class I’ve taken so far,” she said—Gwen used AI to write almost all her essays just to avoid late…
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Large Grant for Philosopher & Archaeologist on Indigenous Community Flourishing
Philosopher Krushil Watene and archaeologist Thegn Ladefoged, both of the University of Auckland, have won a major grant from the Marsden Fund of The…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report has a new section starting this week. In addition to new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of…
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High School Student’s Death by Suicide Seems Related to Ethics Course Discussion
A “16-year-old who tragically leaped to his death at New York City’s famed Regis High School had gotten into hot water after taking a…
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World Philosophy Day is Next Thursday
World Philosophy Day is the third Thursday of November. That’s next Thursday. How will you be celebrating?
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A Mess at Texas A&M
The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents took steps yesterday to impose its conservative ideology on college students by prohibiting professors from teaching…