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“Departments of Cognitive Poker”? Competitiveness and Philosophy (guest post)

April 13, 2022

Is philosophy an especially competitive discipline? How? Is its competitiveness a problem? If so, what might we do about it?
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April 13, 2022

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Pay Referees Per Mistake Caught?

April 12, 2022

James Stacey Taylor, a professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey, is concerned about the problem that “scholars are not verifying the…
Graduate Programs

New Name & Updated Site for Information about Graduate Programs in Philosophy

April 12, 2022

APDA is retaining its initials but altering its name to better match its activities as an “ongoing project that collects, analyzes, and distributes data…
Academic Freedom

OUP’s Decision to Publish “Gender-Critical” Book Raises Concerns of Scholars and OUP Employees

April 12, 2022

Two open letters are circulating regarding the decision of Oxford University Press to publish Gender-Critical Feminism, a forthcoming book by Holly Lawford-Smith, associate professor…
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Ukraine/Russia Open Thread

April 11, 2022

This post is for the discussion of various aspects of Russia’s war on Ukraine, as well as links to various materials, including (but not…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

April 11, 2022

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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April 8, 2022

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Teaching

Encouraging Participation in the Classroom

April 8, 2022

“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” an advertising slogan for Las Vegas tourism, has been adopted by a professor of government at Claremont…
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Three Philosophers Named Guggenheim Fellows

April 7, 2022

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2022 class of fellows, including three philosophers.
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“Geo-Academic Inequalities” in Philosophy

April 7, 2022

Ingrid Robeyns, professor of philosophy at Utrecht University, recently came across something that captured extraordinarily well a problem she had long been aware of,…
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Public Philosophy Project Wins DFG Communicator Award

April 6, 2022

The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, or DFG) has named “denXte,” a public philosophy project led by Markus Schrenk (Düsseldorf), the winner of its…
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William E. Mann (1940-2022)

April 6, 2022

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April 6, 2022

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Guerrero & Lafont Win 2022 Lebowitz Prize

April 5, 2022

Philosophers Alexander Guerrero (Rutgers) and Cristina Lafont (Northwestern) are the winners of the 2022 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for…
Faculty Moves

Arruda from Texas at El Paso to Tulane

April 5, 2022

Caroline Arruda, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso, has accepted an offer from Tulane University.
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Academic Labor

Sabbatical Resources and Ideas Sought

April 4, 2022

A philosophy professor at a small liberal arts college with his first sabbatical on the horizon writes in seeking advice about “resources and best…
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April 4, 2022

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We may think that we lose something significant when AI beats us to a discovery — if we do, Daniel Greco says, that seems to imply we gained something significant, too
“Once upon a time there were a couple of handsome naturalistic philosophers working in and around the philosophy of fiction” — thoughts on new directions in philosophy of fiction, from several philosophers
What is the debate over whether transwomen are women even about? — Katie Zhou argues that it's about which facts are granted "the cross-contextual significance and stickiness characteristic of gender"
We’re putting human brain cells into mice brains — One moral risk of this, says Mackenzie Graham, is a decrease in our ability to interpret what mice behavior tells us about their experiences and welfare
The Rawls Game — with instructions, background, advice, and downloadable character cards
“The central question would shift from ‘How do we maximize shareholder value?’ to ‘How do different forms of organization distribute power, risk and reward — and which should we strengthen?'” — Chris Marquis on the case for abolishing, or at least radically changing, business schools
Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"
Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more
New data on earnings by major and university — though not all universities
“AI poses two different existential threats to [our] valuing practices” — Jordan MacKenzie offers an account of why negative judgments about AI taking over our creative and caring activities are justified
“Submission” is a humorous clicker-style game about starting a career in academic philosophy (or not) — created by Nat Hansen
“The best investment in education is to become the most human human—a challenging, fulfilling, exciting pursuit that connects us across generations” — an interview with Christa Acampora, philosopher and dean of Arts & Sciences at UVA
“What would happen if we tried to live without the mythology of agency at all?” — It's worth pondering, since "agency is just an internal command hallucination," says Alexander Douglas

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Luke on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Interesting work, but I do think there may be a step between using AI in abstracts and more substantively. Surely the first indicates a greater chance of willingness…
Animal Symbolicum on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Thanks! I clearly need a healthy dose of anti-cynicism serum.
Russell Marcus on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Part of what motivated this WTP project (and so much of my recent work) is my conviction that a good way to save philosophy is to teach it…
Charles Bakker on A New Tool for Curbing AI Cheating (guest post)
For what it is worth, I am a TA monitoring one of these writing labs as I write this. The possibility of one of the students cheating is…
Kate on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
None of these seem problematic to me in themselves, for what it's worth.
Tenured Realist on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Personally, I'm interesting to responding to changes to how academic work is being done and the overall norms of my professional community. As an individual, we are each…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Some of “tenured realist”’s examples involved computer generation of text, but not all do.
Sigh on AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
Yeah, I also informed the journal in (both the 'I dont have to time review' form, and in a reply mail to the editor at the journal who…
On the Market Too on New Philosophy of AI Initiatives
What is insidious about examining whether artificial beings can have interests and what weight those interests might have? What is the hidden thing in the "Trojan horse"? Are…
David Thorstad on New Philosophy of AI Initiatives
Sometimes I wish that the discourse on funding like this could stay closer to the middle ground between "this is pure evil" and "any money for philosophy is…
Eno Agolli on Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy
We do a similar thing through CUNY in the heart of Manhattan. Learn more about it here: https://analytic-salon-nyc.github.io/ For an example, see our latest event: https://www.meetup.com/the-analytic-salon/events/316886651/ And we've…
Eric Steinhart on AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
Yes, I've seen this, but not with AI. There are clusters of mutually citing papers on academia.edu and researchgate.net which are clearly fakes. These are produced by "citation…
Gorm on AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
be sure to alert the journal editor immediately. If the journal follows the COPE guidelines they should take further action against the author, which may include contacting the…
Nicolas Delon on New Philosophy of AI Initiatives
The post discloses the funding sources in perhaps more detail than you’d get in a journal publication. No more detective work is required than when you disclose your…
Nicolas Delon on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
No. My job is to teach effectively. If a tool, whether it be AI supported or not, can help me teach more effectively without diminishing my competence then…