Author: Justin Weinberg
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Further Progress on Vesuvius Scrolls
“Epicureanism says hi, with a text full of music, food, senses, and pleasure!”
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Philosophers, Should You Pay to Publish Your Paper? (guest post)
“In a survey of 27 philosophy of science journal editors we conducted in 2023, many, if not most of them, did not know that…
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Manhattan College May Eliminate Philosophy
Philosophy is one of 10 undergraduate majors that administrators at Manhattan College, a Catholic college in New York, have proposed eliminating.
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2023 Philosophy Primary Job Cycle Report (guest post)
What did the Fall 2023 philosophy job market look like?
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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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Philosophy at Kent Threatened (again) (updated)
Imagine a major university financially mismanaged to such a degree that its administration is desperate enough to suggest cutting its philosophy program as a…
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New APA Grant Winners
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its latest round of grants.
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New: “This Is the Way”
This Is the Way is a new podcast on Chinese philosophy.
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First Sub-Saharan Ethics Center Approaches 5th Anniversary; Seeks Funds for Conference
EthicsLab, a research center in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, is organizing a conference in celebration of its upcoming fifth anniversary, and has launched…
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Philosophy, Creativity, and AI
“I sincerely believe that to save the humanities, within which I include philosophy, we are going to have to reconceive what we do as…
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Diversity Reading List Dollar-Matching Fundraiser
The Diversity Reading List (DRL), which gathers and organizes philosophical texts written by authors from groups that have typically been underrepresented in philosophy so as…
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Philosophical Norms & Cancel Culture
There are “certain norms that prevail in the discipline of philosophy that are threatened by the new communication environment,” according to Joseph Heath (Toronto).
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New Teaching Philosophy with Technology Prize
Oxford University Press and the American Philosophical Association (APA) have teamed up to launch the new “Oxford University Press Teaching with Technology Prize.”
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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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Notably Good Experiences with Philosophy Journals
As stories of philosophy journal horror stories continue to come in, one commenter made a suggestion. [This post was originally published on March 3,…
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Swallows, Moles, and other Animal-Philosopher Typologies
“There are two kinds of philosophers: swallows and moles.”
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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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Moral Philosophy as War Propaganda (guest post)
“The hellish reality of this war is transfigured by philosophers into abstract thought experiments and technical prose.”