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Making the Abundance of Philosophy on Video More Usable
An effort is underway to curate the vast number of philosophy videos that can be found on YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, and elsewhere on the…
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Brian Penrose (1956-2021)
Brian Penrose, a long-time member of the Philosophy Department at the University of the Witwatersrand, died last month. The following guest post is by…
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Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Based on Job Placement and Student Experience (guest post)
Academic Placement Data and Analysis (APDA) is a resource for prospective philosophy graduate students and others to learn about how well particular graduate programs…
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Free Software for Advanced Logic Courses
Students nowadays might struggle in more advanced logic courses not just because the material is difficult, but because they’re used to learning logic with…
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Using “Distant Reading” to Complement Close Reading
“I don’t think the computers will ever replace the people when it comes to interpreting philosophical texts. It’s rather that we humans can use…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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How Does This Year’s Academic Philosophy Job Market Look?
At this point in the job market last year, there were 65 advertisments for positions in academic philosophy advertised at PhilJobs. What about this…
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Project on Kantian Democracy Wins $1.38 Million Grant
Reidar Maliks, professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo, has won a grant of 12,000,000 Norwegian kroner (approximately $1.38 million) to support his…
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The “Practical Inertia” of Racism in Philosophy
“Through practical inertia, we end up duplicating what we’ve been handed down by our chauvinistic and often racist intellectual forebears, even if we have…
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Greene from UCL to UCSB
Amanda Greene, currently associate professor of philosophy at University College London, has accepted an offer of associate professor at the University of California, Santa…
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Faculty at Rhodes College Urge Cancellation of Online Talk by Peter Singer (updated)
The Department of Philosophy at Rhodes College is scheduled to host an online event tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon on pandemic ethics, featuring a conversation with…
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New Research Group on Agency and Responsibility to Host Public Lecture Series
There’s a new network of researchers working on questions on agency and action, free will, moral responsibility, moral psychology, and related topics—the Agency and…
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Advising Software Says Philosophy Majors Have Two Career Options
Some universities and colleges are spending money to have their students use a career advising software, TypeFocus, that appears to be based on pseudoscience,…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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