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Hertfordshire to Eliminate Philosophy from Its Curriculum

In a couple of years, students at the University of Hertfordshire will be unable to take a philosophy course there.

May 8, 2026
Robert Ladenson (1943-2026)

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May 8, 2026
Emily Grosholz (1950-2026)

Emily Rolfe Grosholz, professor emerita of philosophy, English, and African American studies at Penn State, has died.

May 6, 2026
222 Theories of Consciousness

A new website describes and tracks the interconnections between 222 “theories” of consciousness across various disciplines.

May 6, 2026
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.

May 4, 2026
How To Write A Philosophy Paper: Online Guides

Some philosophy professors, realizing that many of their students are unfamiliar with writing philosophy papers, provide them with “how-to” guides to the task.

May 4, 2026
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…

May 4, 2026
Mini-Heap

Interesting stuff elsewhere…

May 1, 2026
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.”

May 1, 2026
William J. Prior (1946-2026)

William J. Prior, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Santa Clara University, has died.

May 1, 2026
Free Speech Fine Against Sussex Following Philosopher’s Resignation Overturned

About a year ago, the UK government’s Office for Students (OfS) (whose “free speech czar” is philosopher Arif Ahmed) levied a fine of £585,000 on…

April 29, 2026
Illicit Use of AI by Philosophers Refereeing for Journals

In 2024, a study found that “7–17% of the sentences in the reviews [of computer science manuscripts] were written by LLMs”. It was only…

April 29, 2026
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…

April 28, 2026
AI & Philosophy Degree Programs

Faculty at Arizona State University are developing a new philosophy major program with a focus on artificial intelligence, consciousness, and ethics.

April 27, 2026
Mini-Heap

New links…

April 27, 2026
Kern & Nebel Win Sanders Political Philosophy Prize

The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced that its 2026 Prize in Political Philosophy has been awarded to Adam Kern (University of San Diego) and Jacob…

April 24, 2026
Philosophical Tattoos?

Plenty of philosophers have tattoos, but how many philosophers have philosophy tattoos? And what are they of?

April 24, 2026
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.

April 24, 2026
Philosophers Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has announced its latest class of members, and several philosophers are a part of it.

April 23, 2026
Letter Supporting Fired Texas State Philosophy Professor and Boycott of University

Last month it was reported that Idris Robinson, a tenure-track assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University, is suing several university officials for…

April 23, 2026

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“Real relationships with people are what’s good for us. And if we don’t get that, even if we don’t know we don’t get it, it’s still bad for us.” — Valerie Tiberius is interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio about the limits of AI "friendship"
Kant thought the indigenous people of the Americas were a race “too weak for hard work, too indolent for assiduous labor and unsuited to any cultivation” — but, as Arnaud Pelletier notes, that not what his source said. So why did he say it?
“Proportional to student body size,” the number of students majoring in philosophy at Harvard is “about 10 times the national average” — why is philosophy doing so well there?
A philosophy prof’s mission statement: “reproducing the foundations of Western civilization, one lecture at a time” — one challenge, says Joseph Heath, is that "the two sets of governing principles in our society—liberalism… and capitalism—are second-best arrangements"
“Philosophy: head and heart” — Stephen Darwall's 2024 Dewey Lecture
Is there anything to the concept of “intrinsic human dignity”? — yes, says Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and "it names a burden as much as a distinction"
“Intuition is the cognitive means by which the conceptual structure of a situation is revealed to us” — whether that situation is a stylized thought experiment or a real world experience, says Marc A. Moffett
“Professors can’t fix the problem on their own” — Victor Kumar on what university administrators need to do address AI's threat to higher education
“The wall between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, which had sustained his theory for almost half a century, was no longer sturdy” — a profile of Michael Walzer, focusing on his thoughts about just war theory and the Israeli-Palestine conflict
We may think that we lose something significant when AI beats us to a discovery — if we do, Daniel Greco says, that seems to imply we gained something significant, too
“Once upon a time there were a couple of handsome naturalistic philosophers working in and around the philosophy of fiction” — thoughts on new directions in philosophy of fiction, from several philosophers
What is the debate over whether trans women are women even about? — Katie Zhou argues that it's about which facts are granted "the cross-contextual significance and stickiness characteristic of gender"
We’re putting human brain cells into mice brains — One moral risk of this, says Mackenzie Graham, is a decrease in our ability to interpret what mice behavior tells us about their experiences and welfare
The Rawls Game — with instructions, background, advice, and downloadable character cards
“The central question would shift from ‘How do we maximize shareholder value?’ to ‘How do different forms of organization distribute power, risk and reward — and which should we strengthen?'” — Chris Marquis on the case for abolishing, or at least radically changing, business schools
Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"

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Grad student on Mini-Heap
What a great sense of humour S Darwall has – a very enjoyable listen
Noah Gordon on “A Failure of Expectation Calibration”
I'd be curious to hear more about who the evaluators were in the blind evaluation tasks. The human contributors are described as "philosophy PhDs and professors", whereas the…
Noah Gordon on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
I thought we were all clamoring for Kit Fine's opinion on the politicization of music studies.
Jessie Ewesmont on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Rosen and Fine are some of the greatest metaphysicians to ever live. I think everyone would be better off if they directed the majority of their energies towards…
norms are not cheap explanations! on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Weinberg offered a thoughtful presentation of a social scientific hypothesis. You offered something much more flippant (which is fine, but was also something whose content surprised me). So…
Shay A Logan on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
That’s not how statistics work.
Meme on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
"submitting amicus briefs to the Supreme Court, and having that very court cite them in support of wide-ranging judicial decisions bearing upon the rights of trans people" Is…
Moti Gorin on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
This is bizarre. For years, there has been a steady stream of articles, both in the peer reviewed literature and in the popular media, doing exactly what you…
KLY on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
Nice work! I do wonder, however, whether the proxies (working in an English-speaking country plus having obtained one’s PhD in one) classify some very accomplished non-native speakers as…
Student Philosopher on New: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of AI and Computing
Fantastic, thanks so much!
John Bengson on Where Intuitions Conflict
Fair question, Vinicius. I consider the worry in §3 and address it via what I call the First and Second Observations, which I take to be on firm…
Really? on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
So, all the professors around the world working in analytic philosophy in non-English languages do not have successful careers? My guess is that at least some of them…
Moti Gorin on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Weinberg presented a speculative hypothesis; I offered something similar in response. I was not submitting a paper to a journal or submitting an application for a grant. Nobody…
Michel on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
How did you classify authors when the home/PhD country has multiple official languages, of which English is one? (E.g. Canada; did you go down to, e.g., the province…
Ned Howells-Whitaker on New: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of AI and Computing
Seth will be happy to endorse those in this position–just email him your request link!

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