Month: December 2025
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Hubert Dreyfus Audio Archive Project: Funds Sought
The Hubert L. Dreyfus Foundation, a nonprofit, public benefit corporation founded by Hubert Dreyfus’s family following the philosopher’s death in 2017, is raising funds to…
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Eduardo Mendieta (1963-2025)
Eduardo Mendieta, professor of philosophy at Penn State University, has died.
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Philosophers Against Malaria: Competition Results
The fundraising competition among departments of philosophy to raise funds to fight malaria, launched at the start of this month, has come to an…
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Notre Dame AI Ethics Project Wins $50.8 Million Grant
The University of Notre Dame’s Institute for the Ethics and the Common Good (ECG), directed by philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan, has received a $50.8…
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Georgetown Philosophy Suspends PhD Admissions for Fall 2026
The Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University will not be accepting any PhD students for the 2026-2027 academic year.
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Just What Exactly Does Santa Know, and How? (guest post)
He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. What else does Santa Claus know, and how does he know it?
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When You and Your Students Write the Book of Your Course (guest post)
Some people have the ability to look at a mess and see the makings of something beautiful.
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APA Prizes – Fall/Winter 2025 Edition
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its latest round of prizes.
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Problems with Publishers Moving to AI-Based Production
Straive is a firm that uses AI to, among other things, help publishers with various tasks “across the publishing value chain”.
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The Dangers of Data on Teaching in Higher Education
“The dirtiest secret in higher education is that there is no good data on the quality of teaching and teachers on college campuses.”
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The Stories of Bioethics
“When Medicine Becomes Torture: Burn Patient Dax Cowart and His Involuntary Treatment for 232 Days”, “Bomber, Pass By: How the Abortion-Clinic Bomber almost Killed…
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Philosophers Among Swedish Research Council Grant Winners
Several projects led by philosophers are among the recent recipients of large grants from the Swedish Research Council.
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The Complete Carnap: Online and Open-Access
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) are launching a joint project to digitize and…
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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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Frege and Philosophy at Home
When did analytic philosophy begin? Many who ask that question answer: 1879, the year Gottlob Frege’s Begriffsschrift was published. But how did Frege, a…
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Two Substantial AI-Related Grants for Northeastern University Philosophers
Philosophers at Northeastern University have been awarded two substantial grants for work related to artificial intelligence.
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Vetter Wins Leibniz Prize
Barbara Vetter, professor of theoretical philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, has been awarded a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the German Research…
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New Journal: Experimental Philosophy
A new peer-reviewed open-access journal, Experimental Philosophy, has been launched.