Two Recent Proposals for Fixing the Referee Crisis in Philosophy
Two philosophers have recently floated proposals for fixing the referee crisis in philosophy. (more…)
Non-US Institutions Marketing Positions to US Scholars Looking to Flee the Country
The continuous news about agencies like the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation having their funding cut and their grants being rescinded, the Trump administration’s attacks on academic freedom, plus the high-profile emigration of some US academics, has created a marketing opportunity that non-US institutions of higher education..
Should Humanities Faculty Aim to Ban AI from Their Classrooms?
“Because of the ubiquity of AI technology, students will likely be using it persistently outside the classroom in their personal lives. The humanities classroom must be a place where these tools for offloading the task of genuine expression are forbidden—stronger, where their use is shunned, seen as a faux pas of the deeply different norms of a deeply different spac..
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes… (more…)
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Alphonso Lingis (1933-2025)
Alphonso Lingis, professor emeritus of philosophy at Penn State University, has died. (more…)
West Point Philosophy Professor Resigns After Trump’s Incursions on Academic Freedom (updated)
“I will be resigning after this semester from my tenured position at West Point after 13 years on the faculty. I cannot tolerate these changes, which prevent me from doing my job responsibly. I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form.” (more…)
How Students Use and Think About Their Use of AI
An article from New York Magazine has been making the rounds this week. (more…)
Dealing With Offensive Comments
One of my rules for myself: “Don’t let assholes turn you into an asshole.” (more…)
Philosophy Major at Kennesaw State May Be Eliminated
As if it were the manager of a candy store deciding which chewing gum to stock, the administration of Kennesaw State University (Georgia) is deciding which majors to offer solely by seeing how many kids already like them. (more…)
Philosophers Selected as Ambassadors for the European Research Council
The European Research Council (ERC) has launched a new “Ambassadors for the ERC” program. (more…)
Brake and Dandelet (and two others) to Wisconsin
Elizabeth Brake, currently professor of philosophy at Rice University, and Sophia Dandelet, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, have accepted offers from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wisconsin also made two other hires this season. (more…)
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Acquisitions, Revenue, and Morale Down at Harvard University Press
“Harvard University Press published 142 new titles in the fall of 2016. Last fall, it put out just 26.” (more…)
Philosopher’s Apparent Role in Government’s “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria” Report Revealed by Metadata (updated)
A philosopher is apparently listed as the creator of part of a controversial report released May 1st by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. (more…)
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The Integrity of Academic Integrity Enforcement
The philosophy professor heading up the office at his college that handles student violations of academic integrity, like cheating, is dealing with a seemingly stonewalling upper administration, and needs some help. (more…)
AAPT Board Condemns Trump’s Attacks on Higher Education
The board of directors of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) has issued a statement condemning “a series of Trump administration attacks on the core principles of higher education”. (more…)
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Judge Orders ICE to Free Philosophy Major it Abducted
Mohsen Mahdawi, the graduating philosophy major at Columbia University who was taken into custody by hooded and masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during his appointment for a US citizenship application interview, has been ordered freed by a federal judge, several news outlets have reported. (more…)
Karl Ameriks (1947-2025)
Karl Ameriks, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died. (more…)
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A Journal’s Experiment with Interdisciplinarity
Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed philosophy journal that publishes single-theme issues. For a recent issue they tried something new: a collection of articles that don’t have the typical hallmarks of philosophy. (more…)
Virtual Dissertation Writing Groups
New virtual writing groups for people working on dissertations in philosophy will be forming soon. (more…)
Teaching Humanities in the AI Era: Is this the Bargaining or the Acceptance Stage?
“What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire.” (more…)
Are Human Reasoning Abilities Declining?
In a piece at the Financial Times (and in a Bluesky thread about it), John Burn-Murdoch, the chief data reporter for the newspaper, goes over some of the worrying findings that might support a conclusion that human capacities to reason and understand are “deteriorating,” especially since the early-to-mid 2010s. (more…)
Author Gender in Elite Philosophy Journals (guest post) (updated)
What percentage of the authors in elite philosophy journals are women? (more…)
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