Author: Justin Weinberg
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Chirimuuta Wins 2025 Lakatos Award
Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh) is the winner of the 2025 Lakatos Award.
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APA Establishes Two New Prizes
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced that it has established two new prizes for papers in two sets of philosophical areas.
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Philosophy at Some Indiana Public Universities Threatened
The Indiana state legislature has passed a budget bill that will have the effect of closing programs at several public universities in the state,…
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Philosophy Departments as Sites of Collective Intellectual Activities: a Decline? (guest post & poll)
Has there been “a marked decline in faculty participation in seminars, colloquia, reading groups, and other intellectual gatherings that once formed the core of…
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Teaching Under Hostile Conditions
“The many sources of harm and hostility we collectively face—as philosophers, as educators, and as humans—seem too numerous to name, let alone to seriously…
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Online Philosophy Resources Monthly Update
Here’s (usually weekly, but during the summer, monthly) report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and…
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Philosophers Among Recent Large ERC Grant Winners
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the winners of its latest round of “Advanced Grants” and several philosophers are among them.
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Philosopher Wraps Cooperation with Trump in Flag of Academic Freedom
Alex Byrne (MIT) has written an op-ed in The Washington Post in which he admits to being one of the co-authors of the US government’s “Treatment…
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Philosopher Resigns from Naval War College in Protest of Trump’s & Hegseth’s Policies
Pauline M. Shanks Kaurin, a philosopher specializing in military ethics, just war theory, and applied ethics, has resigned from her position as the Admiral…
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Mini-Heap
Links to interesting stuff elsewhere. Several of these would have been the subject of individual posts but it’s summer and I’m trying not to…
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Simion from Glasgow to Oxford
Mona Simion, currently professor of philosophy and director of the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, has accepted an offer from…
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Out in FAFO County (guest post)
“How you talk does not merely express your internal state, it shapes it.”
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Sullivan Wins $10 Million Grant for “Love Ethic” Project at Notre Dame
Meghan Sullivan, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has won a $10 million grant for the project, “Love and Social Transformation: Empowering…
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Connell from Birkbeck to Notre Dame
Sophia Connell, currently reader in philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, will be moving to the University of Notre Dame, where she will be…
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Helen De Cruz (1978-2025)
Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died.
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Grzankowski from Birkbeck to King’s
Alex Grzankowski, currently reader in philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, has accepted a position at King’s College London (KCL), where he will be Senior…
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New: “Being Trans in Philosophy”
A new zine, Being Trans in Philosophy, launched today, featuring testimonials from many trans philosophers and philosophers with trans family members.
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Why Are Liberal Professors More Conservative On Campus? (guest post)
“Academics pride themselves on critical thinking and intellectual virtues. But intellectual honesty demands that we recognize when we are applying principles selectively.”