Author: Justin Weinberg
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Wu from CMU to Pitt
Wayne Wu, currently associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, will be moving to the Department…
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Surviving Graduate School in Philosophy — a Guide
“When I was just starting graduate school in philosophy, I had a lot of questions.”
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Academic Philosophy on “Contingent Current Affairs”
“According to one founding myth, philosophy begins in Ancient Greece with Socrates abstracting from concrete examples of just activity in order to determine the…
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Winter Schools in Philosophy 2024-2025
In the past Daily Nous has had posts collecting information about summer schools in philosophy (for example). A graduate student in philosophy has now…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Analytic Philosophy’s Best Unintentional (?) Self-Parodying (updated)
“Someone, let’s say a baby, is born; his parents call him by a certain name.”
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New “Human-Centered AI Lab” at Oxford
The Human-Centered AI Lab (HAI Lab) is a new initiative at the University of Oxford that aims to “create a space for technologists and…
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Virtual Dissertation Writing Groups
New virtual writing groups for people working on dissertations in philosophy will be forming soon.
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Where the Philosophy Jobs Are Listed
Many people seeking an academic job in philosophy have the expectation that almost all of the job opportunities are going to be listed at…
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New: The Philosophy Teaching Library (guest post)
A pair of philosophers have built upon the approach to pedagogical materials of a highly successful philosophy course at the University of Notre Dame…
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21 Yale Philosophers File Amicus Brief on Case about Medical Care for Transgender Minors
“Amici are professors of philosophy who are trained to identify flaws in arguments. Philosophers assess arguments in a variety of ways, but most relevant…
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AI As History of Philosophy Tool
How would Aristotle have responded to Newcomb’s problem? What would John Locke have thought about end-user license agreements? What objection would Immanuel Kant raise…
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Thoma Wins 2024 Rockwell Prize
Johanna Thoma, professor of ethics at the University of Bayreuth, is the winner of the 2024 Elizabeth D. Rockwell Prize for Best Article on Ethics,…
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Online Philosophy Resources (Monthly) Update
The usual weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books was a monthly report this…
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Owens to Be Next Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy (updated)
David Owens, currently professor of philosophy at Kings College, London, will be moving to the University of Oxford, where he will be the Sekyra…
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Philosophy Job Market Report for January-June 2024
How was the academic philosophy job market during last season’s “secondary cycle”?
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Fraser from Oxford to MIT
Rachel Fraser, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, will be moving to the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts…