Author: Justin Weinberg
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Trade Secrets: From Academic Literature to Trade Books (guest post)
Erik Angner, professor of practical philosophy at Stockholm University, has authored a book intended not mainly for academic readers, but for the general public—a…
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AI Images of Philosophers & Philosophy (guest post)
Simone Nota, a philosophy PhD student at Trinity College Dublin, has been using AI image generators to create philosophy-related images.
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Reports from Striking University of California Philosophy Graduate Students
A strike by approximately 48,000 academic workers at the University of California’s 10 campuses is in its second week. The main issue is compensation, with…
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Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Fundraiser — with Matching from Marc Sanders Foundation
Minorities and Philosophy International (MAP) is a network of graduate student-run chapters which together seek to address structural injustices in academic philosophy and remove…
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New Journal: Philosophy of Physics
The Philosophy of Physics Society is launching a new journal: Philosophy of Physics.
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Progress at Philosophical Psychology (guest post)
Lisa Bortolotti (Birmingham), who took over the editorship of Philosophical Psychology following a publication controversy in 2020, and who announced some changes to the…
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David Dick (1979-2022)
David Dick, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Calgary, has died.
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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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FTX, Moral Philosophy, Public Philosophy
Does the FTX debacle hold lessons for moral philosophers? For those interested in public philosophy?
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Citation Rates by Academic Field: Philosophy Is Near the Bottom (guest post)
Academia’s emphasis on citation rates is “mixed news” for philosophy: it can bring attention to high-quality work, but tends to make philosophy and other…
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The Questions Today’s Philosophers Are Asking (for World Philosophy Day 2022)
Happy World Philosophy Day!
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Philosophers Against Malaria Charity Drive
Your philosophy department may be good, but how good is it
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Connolly from Wisconsin to Johns Hopkins
Patrick J. Connolly, currently visiting associate professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be moving to Johns Hopkins University, where he will…
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Five Years on the Philosophy Job Market
“I have wanted to be a philosophy professor since I first took an Intro to Philosophy course my first semester of undergrad. I have…
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Rawls on the Limits—and Limited Exposure—of Philosophy
In an interview in 1991, John Rawls is asked, “When you look at current events, in general, do you think of them with the…
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Unusual Academic Job Interview Questions
Over at The Philosophers’ Cocoon, Trevor Hedberg (Arizona) is soliciting examples of unusual questions asked of candidates for academic philosophy positions.