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An Unexpected “Solution” to the Publishing Crisis?
What will the academic humanities look like in twenty years?
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The Hunger for Meaning
“It is tempting to dismiss Peterson as a stupid person’s idea of a smart person. But perhaps he is just a desperate person’s idea…
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Philosophy of Mind is Very Different Now (guest post)
A field of study may change over time, but since, whatever a field of study is, it’s made up of various kinds of things—researchers,…
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Philosophers Against Malaria: A Fundraising Competition
Philosophers, it’s time to do some good…
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Gifts You Would Want: A Crowd-Sourced Gift Guide with a Prize – 2024 Edition – deadline extended
Last year, instead of putting out a typical holiday gift guide, I put together a gift giveaway. It was fun, but I think I …
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes…
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Publishers Using AI-Written Abstracts of Your Work – CORRECTION
Academic publishing corporation Wiley appears to be using a large language model (such as ChatGPT) to generate abstracts for works it publishes, without involving…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes…
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LLM Chatbots Are Now “Peer-Reviewing” Papers
Just when you thought peer review couldn’t get any worse…
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Beall to Remain at Notre Dame
Jc Beall, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, who had accepted an offer from the National University of Singapore (NUS), has…
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Election Day Predictions
Today is Election Day in the United States, and many people will have the close presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on…
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James Moor (1942-2024)
James H. Moor, professor emeritus of philosophy at Dartmouth College and pioneer in the field of computer ethics, died last month.
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Protests & Universities
“A university is special to the extent that it is a place where teaching and learning replace fighting and grandstanding.”
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Why Won’t the APA Meet in New Orleans (or Many Other US Cities)?
Georgi Gardiner, a philosopher at Tulane University, wanted to know why it seemed that the American Philosophical Association (APA) would not be holding events…