Author: Justin Weinberg
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Paris Attacked
France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 120 people were killed in a night of gun and…
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Georgetown Philosophy Dept Supports Student Protestors (Updated)
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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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Philosophy’s Public Relations Moment — Were We Ready?
The Republican Presidential Primary Debate earlier this week led to a spike in public attention to the study of philosophy. Various news outlets covered Marco Rubio’s…
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Univ. of Illinois Settles with Salaita / Update: Statement from UIUC Philosophy
The University of Illinois will pay $875,000 to settle the Steven Salaita case. From the press release from Salaita’s lawyers: Today, the Center for…
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Philosophy Citation Practices Revisited
You may recall that earlier this year, in a guest post, Marcus Arvan decried philosophers’ reading and citation habits. Now, Moti Mizrahi has a…
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Philosophers and Welders and Politicians (updated)
Oh my. In last night’s Republican primary debate, Florida Senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio criticized U.S. higher education for being “outdated.” It is…
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Copyrights and Quotes in Academic Work
So here’s yet another case of over-the-top copyright restrictions involving something I wrote. In December 2014, the Whitehead Research Project held an excellent conference…
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What Do Philosophers Make?
I mean, besides arguments? Other possible answers: a virtue of ignorance faculty meetings longer headaches …? What about when they’re not at work? That’s…
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Missouri Philosophy Issues Statement on Controversy over Racist Incidents (two updates)
The University of Missouri’s governing board is holding a meeting this morning to decide how to respond to calls by students and others for its president,…
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SEP, IEP, NDPR, Wi-Phi Weekly Update
Below are last week’s additions and updates to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi Wireless Philosophy, appearing here…
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Philosophy: Not Just for Elites
Why should all of us have some access to philosophy? Philosophy has traditionally been studied by the elites in a society, I suppose for…
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Philosophy Jobs Wiki Is Up
The Phylo Job Wiki is up and running. From the site: A job wiki is a space for philosophy job seekers to post unofficial…
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A Call for the Humanities to Unite
There is a different unifying principle for most non-STEM disciplines—among them English, history, politics and civics, languages and literatures, education, the arts, philosophy, psychology…
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To φ Or Not To φ (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
To φ Or Not To φ by Tanya Kostochka
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Philosophers Among The Browser’s Nominees for Best Writing
You don’t often hear praise in popular culture for the writing of contemporary philosophers, yet The Browser, a popular aggregator of online writing, has included…
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Not Legally Actionable, But…
A tenure-track woman professor at a private U.S. university writes: In light of a situation that recently came up in my department, I’ve been…
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Disability Studies Quarterly Is Reviewing Stubblefield’s Articles
A philosophy professor who wishes to remain anonymous wrote to the editor of Disability Studies Quarterly in the wake Anna Stubblefield’s conviction for aggravated sexual assault…