Month: February 2026
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Cantor’s Plagiarism
A new article by Joseph Howlett at Quanta explains how Georg Cantor plagiarized Richard Dedekind’s work on infinity.
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Academic Equipment: Sounds & Silence
In this installment of the occasional academic equipment series, the topic is audio.
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When Philosophy Enters the Criminal Court: Black Male Studies as Expert Testimony (guest post)
To what extent should theoretical approaches to understanding the world offered up by the humanities be sensitive to empirical evidence? And how might the…
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All Happy Classrooms (guest post)
Are all happy classrooms alike? Probably not. But perhaps there’s some qualities common to many of them.
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Malcolm Budd (1941-2026)
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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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Michelle Beer (1941-2026)
Michelle Beer, professor of philosophy at Florida International University, has died.
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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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Philosophy Facts
Philosophy is a “fact-based discipline” that makes progress, says Bryan Frances, and to prove it he offers up “200 straightforward facts directly about philosophical…
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An Index of Philosophy Book Reviews
Matt Zwolinski (University of San Diego) says he has long thought it would be useful to have a website in which you could type…
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Activism and the Pursuit of Knowledge
The pursuit of knowledge generates disagreement, including disagreement about how to pursue knowledge.
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Grammarly Is a Cheating Machine
Grammarly is sometimes thought by instructors to be a relatively benign writing tool app, akin to a sophisticated spelling and grammar checker.
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CV Do’s and Don’ts
I’ve been asked to put up a post about what goes under the “publications” heading on a cv, but I thought we could expand…
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Summer 2026 Philosophy Programs
Reminder: if you’re organizing a philosophy summer program, you can list it here at Daily Nous.
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Crafting a Critical Thinking Course that Sticks with Students (guest post)
A forthcoming study shows that a critical thinking course focused on a few good, relatively easy to learn, and useful reasoning strategies can impart…