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Philosophical Ideas Behind Their Time (updated)
Economist Alex Tabarrok (GMU) recently wrote of “ideas behind their time”.
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Robert Ladenson (1943-2026)
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…
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Texas versus Freedom: Another Philosopher Is Leaving a Public University in Texas
Christy Mag Uidhir will be giving up his position as professor of philosophy at the University of Houston.
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Grieving What AI Has Taken from Learning
“I wonder if these people have ever seen a student’s face when they finally understand something for the first time.”
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Where Should I Publish My X-Phi? A New Resource (guest post)
Some philosophy journals seem friendlier to work in experimental philosophy (x-phi) than others.
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14 Takeaways from the Virtual Pacific APA (guest post)
As reported in January, the American Philosophical Association (APA) recently began—and halted—an experiment with making one of its three divisional meetings each year a…
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Philosophers Among New ACLS Fellows
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced its 2026 class of fellows, and two philosophers are among them.
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Dale Dorsey (1976-2026)
Dale Dorsey, professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, has died.
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published…
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Publishing, Teaching, and the Philosophy Job Market (guest post)
How many publications do early career job applicants in academic philosophy have? How many courses have they taught? How have the answers to these…
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Trans-Exclusionary Philosopher Seeks to Exclude Trans Philosopher
Jonathan Pike, a professor of philosophy at Open University who defends trans-exclusionary (aka “gender critical”) views has submitted a formal complaint about the appointment…
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Shortcuts to the End of the University? (updated)
“It’s not just the problem of brazen cheating. In some ways, the more insidious threat LLMs pose to undergraduate learning is the promise of…
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Faculty & Students at Ghent Call for Resignation of “Race Science” Philosopher (update: reply from Cofnas)
Faculty and Students at Ghent University are objecting to the university’s recent hiring of philosopher Nathan Cofnas.
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The Ethics of Intervention in Iran (guest post)
“In light of the awful brutality by the Iranian government against the uprising in late December 2025, the case for humanitarian intervention in Iran…
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Discussion Arcs for Topics and Philosophers (guest post)
When over the past 85 years have certain terms and persons been more or less frequently discussed in the philosophical literature?
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Cantor’s Plagiarism
A new article by Joseph Howlett at Quanta explains how Georg Cantor plagiarized Richard Dedekind’s work on infinity.
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Academic Equipment: Sounds & Silence
In this installment of the occasional academic equipment series, the topic is audio.