Increased Philosophy Grad Program Applications?
There have been informal reports from people at various universities indicating that there are substantially more applicants to their philosophy graduate programs than in recent years. (more…)
Open Doors Philosophy Academy
The Open Doors Philosophy Academy is a philosophy summer program for undergraduates that is “designed to give individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in academic philosophy a taste of graduate student life as well as various forms of support useful in applying to and flourishing in Ph.D. programs in Philosophy.” (more…)
Metaphilosophy Project Workshop Series
A project on metaphilosophy led by Boran Berčić (University of Rijeka) has won a sizable grant from the Croatian Science Foundation and is putting on a series of online workshops. (more…)
Article’s Acceptance “On Hold” Following Complaints on Social Media
An article that was accepted for publication in a special issue of The New Bioethics is now “on hold” following postings critical of the article on X (Twitter). (more…)
DiFrisco Wins Popper Prize
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (BJPS) has awarded its 2023 Popper Prize to James DiFrisco (Francis Crick Institute). (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…)
Phriscos
A “Frisco,” I recently learned, is “something that outsiders spontaneously say that secretly marks them as outsiders unbeknownst to them.” (more…)
New Podcast: Doing Philosophy (plus: Confidence in Philosophy)
“You shouldn’t be super confident in philosophy.” (more…)
Daily Nous Turns 10!
Daily Nous started on the afternoon of Friday, March 7th, 2014—ten years ago today. (more…)
Department of Defense Adopts a Philosopher’s Applied Ontology
When you think of ontology, the branch of metaphysics concerned with what kinds of things there are, what probably comes to mind is talk of universals and particulars or types and tokens. But perhaps you should be thinking of the “precision mission desired outcomes” of “the nation’s warfighters and intelligence professionals.” (more…)
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Berggruen Launches New Philosophy Essay Competition
The Berggruen Institute, known for, among other things, its $1 million annual “philosophy and culture” prize, has launched a new philosophy essay competition. (more…)
Does Claude Want a Body? Is It Trying Not to Worry Us?
Claude 3, the latest language model from Anthropic, was released earlier this week; people are experimenting with it, being impressed by it, and some think the high-end version of it, called “Claude 3 Opus”, could be a version of artificial general intelligence (AGI). (more…)
Boehm Wins Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding
The 2024 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding has been awarded to philosopher Omri Boehm (The New School) for his book Radical Universalism. (more…)
Reprint Fees: Higher than You Thought
Putting together an anthology or volume of collected works? You might want to check your budget. Reprint fees can can be pretty high. An article from Kant-Studien could run you over $4500. One from Phenomenology & Philosophical Research? Almost double that, though it depends on the particular article. (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…)
Journalists and Philosophy
“Why is that philosophy is glaringly absent in Indian newspaper journalism that otherwise seamlessly synthesises ideas from numerous disciplines while discussing a topic?” (more…)
Maley Wins Herbert A. Simon Award
The executive board of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) has selected Corey J. Maley, associate professor of philosophy at Purdue University, as the winner of its 2024 Herbert A. Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy. (more…)
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Templeton Grant for Philosophy of Creative Intelligence (corrected)
The Templeton World Charity has awarded a large grant to Joshua Shepherd, research professor in philosophy at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona for a project on “creative intelligence.” (more…)
Manhattan College Betrays Faculty
Don’t take a job at Manhattan College, says Manhattan College. (more…)
Books vs. Articles in Philosophy
“I’ve heard people joke on more than a couple of occasions that publishing a book is the way to get around Reviewer 2 at the journals.”
Minor Vandalism on PhilPapers
A philosophy professor recently noticed that the title of one of his articles in its listing at PhilPapers had been changed. (more…)
Educational Gag Orders, etc. in the US
What are state legislatures across the United States doing to limit academic freedom and otherwise interfere in education? (more…)
Fritz and Carter from Dianoia/ACU to UCL
Peter Fritz and Sam Carter, both recently of the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at Australian Catholic University (which the university is eliminating), will be moving to University College London (UCL). (more…)
Learning to Teach Philosophy You Don’t Already Know
You may occasionally think about a topic you think you should add to a course you teach, but put off doing so because you don’t believe you know enough about it to teach it well. (more…)
Philosophers: the Original “Dishabituation Entrepreneurs”
“We have come to believe that it is not possible to understand the current period—and the shifts in what counts as normal—without appreciating why and how people do not notice so much of what we live with.” (more…)
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