Author: Justin Weinberg
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Stuart from Geneva to National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Michael Stuart, currently a fellow at the Department of Philosophy and Centre for Philosophy of Science at the University of Geneva, has accepted a…
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Which Scientific Disciplines Cite Philosophy of Science? (guest post)
What is the impact of philosophy of science on science?
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Job Placement Numbers for the 2020-21 Season (several updates)
PhilJobs’ “Appointments in Philosophy” lists 30 tenure-track, 7 fellowship, and 5 “other” placements for the 2020-21 job market season, according to a write-up by…
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Types of __________ Papers (updated)
Last week, Randall Munroe, author of the famed webcomic xkcd published a comic about “Types of Scientific Paper“:
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Habermas Declines Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Last week, German philosopher Jürgen Habermas was declared the 2021 Sheikh Zayed Book Award “Cultural Personality of the Year.” Over the weekend he announced…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Journal of Applied Philosophy Awards Best Article Prize
The Journal of Applied Philosophy awards an annual prize of £1,000 (approximately $1390) to the best article published in that year’s volume, as judged…
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What Predicts Professional Philosophers’ Views? (updated)
A new study looks at correlations between professional philosophers’ philosophical views and their psychological traits, religious beliefs, political views, demographic information, and other characteristics.
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Teaching Philosophy Online: A Survey
The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a lot of experience with online teaching. What lessons are to be learned from it for online teaching…
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Katherine Hawley (1971-2021) (updated)
Katherine Hawley, professor of philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, has died.
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Peter Singer On His New Yorker Interview
In a recent interview in The New Yorker, Daniel Gross asked philosopher Peter Singer (Princeton) a question about race and who he chooses to…
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Several Philosophers Among Winners of Large ERC Advanced Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the recipients of its latest round of its multimillion-euro “Advanced Grants,” and several philosophers are among them.
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The Leaky Pipeline into Academic Philosophy for Black Students in the U.S. (guest post)
In the following guest post*, Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) shares data he and other philosophers have collected on the percentages of philosophy students and…
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“Penned Up and Forced to Listen”: On the Value of In-Person Conferences
There has been a fair amount of discussion of the future of in-person academic conferences. The COVID-19 pandemic has acclimated us to online meetings…
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PSA Joins ACLS
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), a non-profit federation of scholarly associations that, among other things, provides research funding for academics, has added…
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Philosophers Among New NHC Fellows
The National Humanities Center (NHC) has announced its class of residential fellows for the 2021-22 academic year, and it includes two philosophers.
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Philosophers Among New ACLS Fellows
Four philosophers have been awarded fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).