Author: Justin Weinberg

Philosophy and Politics

APA Signs Onto Statement Defending the Dept. of Education

March 27, 2025

The Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association (APA) has added the organization to a list of signatories of a statement opposing the…
Lives of Philosophers

Michael Friedman (1947-2025)

March 26, 2025

Michael Friedman, professor emeritus of philosophy at Stanford University, has died.
Daily Nous Features

Mini-Heap

March 26, 2025

New links…
Faculty Moves

Stanley from Yale to Toronto

March 25, 2025

Jason Stanley, currently professor of philosophy at Yale University, will be moving to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the…
Institutions

Philosopher to Lead New Animal Sentience Center

March 25, 2025

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will be launching a new center focused on “studying the feelings of other animals scientifically”…
Public Philosophy and Outreach

Sanders Announces New Set of Philosophy in Media Fellows

March 25, 2025

The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced its Philosophy in Media Fellows for 2025.
Academic Freedom

Columbia, Trump, and the Peril of Appeasement

March 24, 2025

On March 13th, the Trump administration sent Columbia University a list of demands it must meet as a precondition for restoring $400 million in…
administration

Philosophers in Administrative Positions

March 24, 2025

(Moving this to the top again; first published on April 18th, 2024). A few months ago during a discussion here about the demand for…
Daily Nous Features

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

March 24, 2025

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes.
Academic Freedom, Cuts and Threats to Philosophy Programs

Fredonia Cuts Kershnar, Kills Philosophy Program

March 21, 2025

“The BA Philosophy was approved for discontinuation and the Philosophy minor will be sunset, which will abolish the Philosophy department, and your continuing appointment…
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A Philosophy Conference in Kyiv this Summer

March 20, 2025

“Existential Questions” is the name of a philosophy conference being held at the Kyiv School of Economics this coming August, organized by Jason Stanley…
Daily Nous Features

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March 20, 2025

Links to things of interest to people interested in philosophy…
Daily Nous Features

Mind Chunks

March 19, 2025
Academic Freedom

Defending Freedom of Speech & Thought at Universities

March 19, 2025

“Freedom of thought and expression is indispensable to the mission of a modern research university.”
Awards Grants Honors

Supèr Wins Blaug Prize

March 19, 2025

Tessa Supèr, a PhD candidate at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, is the winner of the 2025 Mark Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics.
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New Editor at Public Affairs Quarterly

March 19, 2025

Public Affairs Quarterly (PAQ) has a new editor-in-chief: Jessica Flanigan (University of Richmond).
organizations

New: Asian Philosophy of Science Association

March 19, 2025

The Asian Philosophy of Science Association (APSA) is a new organization dedicated to advancing research and teaching in philosophy of science in Asia.
Philosophy and Culture

Mickey 17, Personal Identity, Teletransportation, and To Be

March 18, 2025

I saw Mickey 17 this past weekend, the latest movie by Bong Joon Ho (Parasite), a sci-fi action black comedy which raises issues about personal identity,…
philosophy and public policy

New: Minorities and Philosophy x Philosophers for Sustainability

March 18, 2025

Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) and Philosophers for Sustainability (PfS) are joining forces to launch the MAP Climate Ambassadors Initiative.
Daily Nous Features

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March 18, 2025

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“Professors can’t fix the problem on their own” — Victor Kumar on what university administrators need to do address AI's threat to higher education
“The wall between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, which had sustained his theory for almost half a century, was no longer sturdy” — a profile of Michael Walzer, focusing on his thoughts about just war theory and the Israeli-Palestine conflict
We may think that we lose something significant when AI beats us to a discovery — if we do, Daniel Greco says, that seems to imply we gained something significant, too
“Once upon a time there were a couple of handsome naturalistic philosophers working in and around the philosophy of fiction” — thoughts on new directions in philosophy of fiction, from several philosophers
What is the debate over whether transwomen are women even about? — Katie Zhou argues that it's about which facts are granted "the cross-contextual significance and stickiness characteristic of gender"
We’re putting human brain cells into mice brains — One moral risk of this, says Mackenzie Graham, is a decrease in our ability to interpret what mice behavior tells us about their experiences and welfare
The Rawls Game — with instructions, background, advice, and downloadable character cards
“The central question would shift from ‘How do we maximize shareholder value?’ to ‘How do different forms of organization distribute power, risk and reward — and which should we strengthen?'” — Chris Marquis on the case for abolishing, or at least radically changing, business schools
Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"
Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more
New data on earnings by major and university — though not all universities
“AI poses two different existential threats to [our] valuing practices” — Jordan MacKenzie offers an account of why negative judgments about AI taking over our creative and caring activities are justified
“Submission” is a humorous clicker-style game about starting a career in academic philosophy (or not) — created by Nat Hansen

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Student Philosopher on Where Intuitions Conflict
But the history of philosophy shows us no cases in which adept questioners left their interlocutors in aporia Mad Max – That's Bait
Vinicius Rodrigues on Where Intuitions Conflict
One of my main concerns with your answer to x-phi studies is that it makes having an intuition a difficult thing to pick out in the stream of…
philatetelist on Where Intuitions Conflict
This is a startling hypothesis, because if one and the same individual can have conflicting intuitions about cases, then a philosophically adept questioner should be able to elicit…
Patrick Lin on Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)
“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.”— Dita Von Teese, American philosopher
Non-classical? on Where Intuitions Conflict
I guess I can see that reading of the call, but then I just know even less what to do with the call. Consider that, at least as…
PhilCon Ed on Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)
That which makes plainspoken language more accessible and meaningful to you is the same mechanism which makes flowery, emotive language more meaningful and accessible to others.
Jason Aleksander on Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)
it is disingenuous to claim that the academic life is somehow purely a life of the mind It's not impolite, but I'm not sure if you thought I…
Kenny Easwaran on Where Intuitions Conflict
I don't think the call is for non-classical logics. I interpreted more as a call for non-classical theories of meaning, such that the words being used to express…
Paul Wilson on Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy
While theology is not (usually) philosophy, a remarkably successful pub-centric public initiative is "Theology on Tap". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology_on_Tap RENEW International
Paul Wilson on Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)
I often get in deep discussions with barflys, as did Aristotle. Their perspectives – far distanced from academic philosophy – homelessness, addiction, alienation from family, friends, romantic and…
Student Philosopher on Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)
You seem like you would enjoy Hemingway
Paul Taborsky on Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)
I hope it is not too impolite to point out that for anyone who is a professional philosopher, (especially the tenured kind) philosophy has quite obviously the ability…
Student Philosopher on Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)
This was wonderful to read. To me, the best philosophy is literary.
Paul Wilson on Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy
While managing a used bookshop a couple of decades ago, I hosted a weekly "Socrates Cafe" with free coffee (and also wine and beer (this being New Orleans),…
John Bengson on Where Intuitions Conflict
Edit! "argued for *alternatives to* the no-conflicting-intuitions explanation"