Assessment & A History of Western Philosophy Test
Many departments have faced administrative pressure to develop ways to assess their teaching and their major programs by measuring the achievement of learning outcomes or objectives by their students.
Philosophers Among New ERC Grant Winners
The European Research Council (ERC) recently announced the winners of its latest round of large “Advanced Grants”. (more…)
How Is Your Administration Spying on You?
The administration at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has been secretly video-recording at least one of its professor’s courses. (more…)
APA Announces Spring 2024 Awards
The American Philosophical Association (APA) recently announced the winners of nine awards. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (more…)
Two Philosophers Named “New Generation Thinkers” by BBC
The BBC and the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have selected “ten of the UK’s most promising arts and humanities early career researchers” as this year’s “New Generation Thinkers,” and two of them are philosophers. (more…)
One Philosophy Student Among This Year’s Newcombe Fellows
Italo Alves, a PhD student in the Department of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, is the sole philosophy student among the 2024 class of Newcombe Fellows. (more…)
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New additions to the Heap of Links… (more…)
Why Philosophy? Colin Chamberlain
Colin Chamberlain is interviewed by Céline Leboeuf. (more…)
Buckner from Houston to Florida
Cameron Buckner, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Houston, will be moving to the University of Florida, where he will take up the Donald Cronin Chair in the Humanities, an endowed full professorship. (more…)
Academic Equipment: The Work Bag
This is the first in a series of occasional posts about the things academics tend to use—the tools, equipment, accessories, and other products we need (or want) for our work. (more…)
New Master’s Program Brings Together Philosophy & Data Science
A new master’s program offered by the Center for Philosophy, Science, and Policy (CPSP) at the Marche Polytechnic University combines data analysis, machine learning, programming, and philosophy. (more…)
Wonderly from San Diego to Hopkins
Monique Wonderly, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, has accepted an offer from Johns Hopkins University, where she will be Miller Associate Professor of Philosophy. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (more…)
Nenad Miščević (1950-2024)
Nenad Miščević, professor of philosophy at the University of Maribor in Slovenia and one of the most influential Croatian philosophers, has died. (more…)
Srinivasan on Open Letters, Protests, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom
Amia Srinivasan’s specialty, it seems to me, is making sense of moral ambivalence: detecting, dissecting, and sometimes defending its reasonability, even in the face of unavoidable and urgent decisions. (more…)
Van Leeuwen from Georgia State to Florida State
Neil Van Leeuwen, currently associate professor of philosophy at Georgia State University, will be moving to Florida State University, where he will be professor of philosophy. (more…)
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New links… (more…)
Lee Wins Sanders Metaphysics Prize
Andrew Y. Lee, assistant professor at the University of Toronto, is the winner of the 2024 Sanders Prize in Metaphysics. (more…)
Should Universities Protect Protest Speech?
“It is important to insist that, contrary to the Chicago Principles, deliberation and protest are fundamental forms of free expression.” (more…)
Theunissen from Pittsburgh to Rice
Nandi Theunissen, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, will be moving to Rice University, where she will be associate professor of philosophy. (more…)
Stilz from Princeton to Berkeley
Anna B. Stilz, professor in the Department of Politics and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, will be moving to the University of California, Berkeley, where she will professor in the Department of Political Science, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Philosophy. (more…)
Why Philosophy? Gabriella LaRose
Gabriella LaRose is interviewed by Céline Leboeuf. (more…)
Mind Chunks
Teaching Philosophy with Non-Linguistic Media
We have students read books and articles, write essays, answer test questions, and make presentations. These all mainly involve words. Is it worth thinking about how to teach philosophy in ways that don’t involve words? (more…)
NYU Philosophy Graduate Students Call for Divestment
“Six months on from the brutal Hamas attacks of October 7th, more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed… Some 1.9 million people… have been displaced. Over two hundred aid workers have been killed during the conflict. At least 103 reporters are dead… Gaza is facing a famine. As long as it continues to invest in war, NYU is implicated in this devastation. D..
New: an MA Program in Philosophy & Computing
The University of Bayreuth is launching a new interdisciplinary Master’s degree (MA/MSc) in Philosophy & Computer Science. (more…)
Administration Sets Police on Peaceful Student Protestors
Milagros Peña, president of Purchase College, State University of New York, authorized campus and local police to forcibly break up what appears to be a peaceful gathering of student protestors, in a continuing trend across the country. (more…)