Month: April 2026
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Free Speech Fine Against Sussex Following Philosopher’s Resignation Overturned
About a year ago, the UK government’s Office for Students (OfS) (whose “free speech czar” is philosopher Arif Ahmed) levied a fine of £585,000 on…
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Illicit Use of AI by Philosophers Refereeing for Journals
In 2024, a study found that “7–17% of the sentences in the reviews [of computer science manuscripts] were written by LLMs”. It was only…
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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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AI & Philosophy Degree Programs
Faculty at Arizona State University are developing a new philosophy major program with a focus on artificial intelligence, consciousness, and ethics.
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Kern & Nebel Win Sanders Political Philosophy Prize
The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced that its 2026 Prize in Political Philosophy has been awarded to Adam Kern (University of San Diego) and Jacob…
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Philosophical Tattoos?
Plenty of philosophers have tattoos, but how many philosophers have philosophy tattoos? And what are they of?
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Where Should I Publish My X-Phi? A New Resource (guest post)
Some philosophy journals seem friendlier to work in experimental philosophy (x-phi) than others.
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Philosophers Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has announced its latest class of members, and several philosophers are a part of it.
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New: Bhimrao Ambedkar Prize in Global Pragmatism
The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP) has established the Bhimrao Ambedkar Prize in Global Pragmatism. It is the first prize from…
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Prospective Student Visits: Lodging, Transportation, etc.
A professor writes in with some questions that arose during the recent season of graduate admissions.
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New: The Journal of Natural Law
The Journal of Natural Law is a new peer-reviewed journal “committed to publishing the best interdisciplinary research on natural law in philosophy, theology, and legal…
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14 Takeaways from the Virtual Pacific APA (guest post)
As reported in January, the American Philosophical Association (APA) recently began—and halted—an experiment with making one of its three divisional meetings each year a…
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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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Philosophers Among New ACLS Fellows
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced its 2026 class of fellows, and two philosophers are among them.
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Schwenkler from Illinois to UT Austin
John Schwenkler, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will be moving to the University of Texas at Austin.
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Dale Dorsey (1976-2026)
Dale Dorsey, professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, has died.
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Chemero from Cincinnati to Vanderbilt
Anthony Chemero, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, will be moving to Vanderbilt University.