Author: Justin Weinberg
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Online Philosophy Resources Monthly Update
Here’s the (usually weekly, but during the summer, monthly) report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books,…
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If You Want Your Students Completing Their Coursework Without Help from AI…
…how do you make that happen?
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Columbia University Caves
Door #1: Lose at least $400 million in federal grants. Door #2: Lose at least $221 million and your institutional autonomy.
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Hagit Benbaji (1966-2025)
Hagit Benbaji, a philosopher at Ben-Gurion University, has died.
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On Being Seriously Funny (guest post)
“I got into philosophy at least partly because it was comic and that’s still much of what I enjoy about it.”
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Administrators, Trustees, Students, and the Future of the Liberal Arts
“The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in…
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Beyond Argument: The Creative Craft of Philosophy Writing (guest post)
“I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument part: the bit where you work on expressing your…
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Studying Philosophy Makes People Better Thinkers: Further Data
A new study “offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers.”
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Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm (updates)
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…
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Bender from Göttingen to LMU Munich
Sebastian Bender, currently “juniorprofessor” at the University of Göttingen, will be moving to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), where he will be professor of early modern…
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Stephen Daniel (1950-2025)
Stephen H. Daniel, emeritus professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, has died.
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Philosophers Among Recent ARC Grant Winners
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced the recipients of its latest round of large grants, and a few philosophers are among them.
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Prison Experiments with Stoicism Courses for Inmates; Results Unclear
“Violence has plummeted in a Norfolk [England] prison where inmates have been learning Greek philosophy,” the Eastern Daily Press reports. But violence has not plummeted…
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The Personal Value of Conversations Across Serious Disagreement (guest post)
“I know that people are reluctant to voice objections to things I’ve said, not because I’ve given a convincing argument, but because I’m a…
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Against “Throwaway Culture” in Philosophy
Throwaway culture refers to a culture in which the consumption and production of many goods is based on the practice of discarding them after…
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Robeyns Wins Stevin Prize
Ingrid Robeyns, professor of philosophy at Utrecht University and the Chair in Ethics of Institutions at the university’s Ethics Institute, has been awarded the…
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Dover from UCLA to Rutgers
Daniela Dover, associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will be moving to Rutgers University, where she will be…