Site Issues
CategoryNot-Very-Mini-Heap & The Subscription Problem
I didn’t publish any “Mini-Heap” posts over the summer for two reasons.
Summer 2023 Plans: A Note To Readers
Dear Readers, (more…)
Subscription Issues
Many readers over the past couple of weeks have written in to tell me that their email subscriptions to Daily Nous have stopped. (more…)
Journal Editors: Heads Up About a New Weekly Update Feature
The “Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update” will be adding a new feature: book reviews that appear in academic journals. (more…)
Hello Again and Thank You
Well, that went by way too fast. (more…)
Summer 2022 Plans: a Note to Readers
Dear Readers, (more…)
Your Suggestions, Please, and a Reminder
Dear Philosophers, I’m writing to you to ask for your assistance.
Posting Will Be Light This Week
I hope you all have been enjoying the holiday season and that you’ve been able to get a little a bit of a break from work. (more…)
Sunlight
“Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” the saying goes. It also causes sunburns. (more…)
New Commenting Platform
A new commenting platform, implemented as of this morning, is one of the more noticeable results of recent work on the site. Check it out!
Site Maintenance
Daily Nous will be undergoing some maintenance this week which may result in some pages being unavailable and fewer new posts and links than usual. (more…)
Trouble Seeing Comments?
A few Daily Nous readers have reported that occasionally when they view the site the comments on posts are not loading. (more…)
Discussion About Discussions Here
Since there appears to be interest in discussing the recent experiments here regarding the comments (see some of the comments on the “Illusion and Agreement in the Debate over Intolerance” post), I thought I’d open up a separate space for that. (more…)
Posting About / During The Pandemic
Dear Readers, (more…)
2019: A Look Back
What news and issues concerning the philosophy profession received the most attention in 2019? Among last year’s top stories were a philosopher’s punishment for sexual harassment, the rallying of academics worldwide to defend the study of philosophy in a country in which it was under attack, philosophers commenting on a provocative physics experiment, the philosophy..
Back Soon
Hi readers. A couple of you have inquired about the dearth of posts over the past week or so. (more…)
I Don’t Tweet About The Availability Heuristic As Much As You Think
Charles Lassiter, associate professor of philosophy at Gonzaga University, knows more about my tweeting than I do. Why? (more…)
Moving to MeWe?
Several philosophers over the past week have announced intentions to migrate some of their social media activity from Facebook to MeWe, owing to dissatisfaction with aspects of Facebook, such as privacy and advertising. (more…)
Support Daily Nous
“Thank you for the work you put into the Daily Nous—it’s an incredible service to our profession.” (more…)
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A note from the editor.
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Daily Nous Turns Five
Daily Nous began with a brief welcome message five years ago, today, around this time. Some of you may be thinking: “five years already? No way!” Others may be thinking, “only five years? I thought it has been around forever.” Still others might be thinking, “you are not going to guess what I’m thinking.” (more…)
Posting Likely To Be Light This Week
Hi everyone. I’m away at a conference this week and will have less time for attending to Daily Nous. (more…)
A Note On Making Discussions Here Better
We often have vigorous and contentious discussions in the comments here at Daily Nous, and this past week—with its focus on philosophizing about transgender issues—was no exception (see here and here).
Administrative Note
Dear readers, posting at Daily Nous will be on the rather light side for the remainder of the week. (more…)
Message from the Editor regarding “A Tale of Two Conferences”
Running a news and discussion site for professional philosophers involves, among other things, making judgments about what is and what is not newsworthy.
That a story is newsworthy is not to say that a post about it will appear at Daily Nous, for there may be countervailing considerations that provide reasons not to post about it, or there might be circumstances ..
Site Layout Issues
Yesterday morning, some changes were made to the layout here at Daily Nous (most visibly, some of the advertising slots were moved around). Some people have reported that the site now looks “different” or “avant garde” or “completely screwed up.” Here’s how it should look (on a normal-sized laptop):
This Week at Daily Nous
This week Daily Nous will be publishing a number of guest posts. I’m at a conference and will have considerably less time to attend to the site and to philosophy news. Feel free to keep me informed about what’s going on, but please note that posts and replies to emails will be slower to appear. (more…)
Thanks to This Month’s Advertisers
Thanks to this month’s advertisers at Daily Nous!
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