Month: January 2026
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Hume’s Tomb Vandalized with “Satanic” Symbols
David Hume’s tomb was one of a few sites at a cemetery in Edinburgh that have been vandalized with “disturbing occult-style paraphernalia,” according to The…
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Value Capture in Philosophy
“Value capture is… where your values are rich and subtle or in the process of developing that way. And you get put in a…
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Bernhard Waldenfels (1934-2026)
Bernhard Waldenfels, professor emeritus of Philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum and an influential figure in contemporary phenomenology, has died.
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Are Current Events Making Their Way Into Your Classroom? How?
Though philosophers are often (if not quite accurately) thought to have been asking the same questions for thousands of years, philosophers throughout history have…
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Jorati Wins JHP Book Prize
The Journal of the History of Philosophy has announced that Julia Jorati, professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the winner of…
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On the Use of AI in Comments
I’ve updated the Comments Policy at Daily Nous with a passage about using AI to write comments here.
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published…
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APA Names Schechtman Next Board Chair
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced that the new chair of its Board of Officers will be Marya Schechtman.
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New Business School Centers Ethics in Its Curriculum and Marketing
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has revamped its MBA curriculum and has made ethics a focal point of its first-year curriculum.
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Building an AI’s Moral Character (updated)
UPDATE (1/22/26): I’ve reposted this today because Anthropic recently released an official version of what was referred to earlier as Claude’s “soul document.” Anthropic…
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Bas van Fraassen Wins Schock Prize
Bastiaan “Bas” van Fraassen, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, has been awarded the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy.
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Philosophy Professors Among Recent NEH Grant Winners
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the winners of its latest round of grants, and several philosophy professors are among them.
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On Philosophy’s Importance
“You want to know why philosophy matters? This is the true answer, and the one upon which we must plant our flag: philosophy is…
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Whither the Literature Review? (updated)
Has the literature review in philosophy dissertations largely disappeared, and if so, what should we think of this change?
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Have Pen, Laptop, and ChatGPT, Will Publish (guest post)
How, as a researcher, can you use AI tools like ChatGPT in a way that doesn’t compromise your integrity, creativity, and independence?
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MLK on Nonviolent Resistance
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published…