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The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at (CASBS) Stanford University was founded in 1954 as an interdisciplinary research institute with a mission…

A prospective graduate student in philosophy writes in asking for advice on “how to negotiate more money from the Ph.D. programs to which I’ve…

Below are the past week’s updates to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi Open Access Philosophy Videos.…

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a new edition of its Survey of Earned Doctorates, according Inside Higher Ed, including data through 2014. According to…

According to the philosophical training that I received, scholars select their research topics on the basis of an impartial assessment of the scholarly potential…

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Special issues often have guest editors, and the procedures for submission and editorial review may vary from those used for standard issues. The recent…

We restarted Philosophy Tag a couple of weeks ago, with me tagging Suzy Killmister (Connecticut) for her paper, “The Woody Allen Puzzle: How ‘Authentic Alienation’…

Amy Donahue, assistant professor of philosophy at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, was arrested at the Georgia Capitol this past Friday as she tried to…

Sought: examples of footnotes or endnotes in philosophical works that should not be missed. Of course, every footnote in everything you’ve written falls into that category,…

The Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA) is taking place in Chicago. Are you there? Consider this an open space for comments,…

Via Ben Colburn (Glasgow): The Analysis Committee is delighted to announce the new editors of Analysis: Joint editors: Chris Daly and David Liggins (University…

James Andow (Reading) has been compiling a list of philosophers in fiction, including novels, films, plays, etc. He says: For no reason in particular,…

John Perry and Ken Taylor, professors of philosophy at Stanford University and hosts of the radio program Philosophy Talk, have won a grant from…

Next month, the Central Division meeting of the American Philosophical Asssociation (APA) is holding a session on “Building an Advanced Placement Philosophy Course in…

A half-dozen academics have contributed brief essays to a collection at Times Higher Education on how to handle the academic workload and how to appropriately manage their…

The American Philosophical Association (APA) has released a statement on bullying and harassment: The American Philosophical Association appreciates the work of philosophers who bring…

Thane Naberhaus, the associate professor of philosophy who earlier this week was fired from his tenured position at Mount St. Mary’s University by current university…

American Philosophical Association (APA) Chairperson Cheshire Calhoun (ASU), at the Blog of the APA, writes: What the APA does for philosophy and philosophers gets…

[What follows are some quick, schematized, and not particularly novel thoughts inspired by some recent experiences and conversations. Others have thought about these issues much…