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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..

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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…)

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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).

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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):

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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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