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Philosophers Among New Guggenheim Fellows

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the winners of its fellowships today, and there are three philosophers among them.

April 8, 2021
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April 8, 2021
Western Oregon Plans to Cut Philosophy Major & Minor

Western Oregon University (WOU) is planning to eliminate several degree programs, including its philosophy major and minor, and laying off half of its philosophy…

April 8, 2021
Transitioning a Journal to Triple-Anonymous Review

What’s involved in converting a journal’s editorial practices from single- or double-anonymous review to triple-anonymous review?

April 7, 2021
J. Michael Dunn (1941-2021)

J. (Jon) Michael Dunn, emeritus professor of philosophy, informatics, and computer science at Indiana University, and emeritus founding dean of the university’s School of…

April 7, 2021
Block and Phillips Win 2021 Lebowitz Prize

The American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK) have announced that the winners of the 2021 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and…

April 6, 2021
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April 6, 2021
The Philosophy Profession, Mid-20th Century

It has been known for some time that there would be few openings for people receiving their Ph.D. degree in philosophy this spring. But…

April 5, 2021
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…

April 5, 2021
A Philosophical Look at the Tech Companies You Use

A philosopher who specializes in questions about technology and a Silicon Valley executive with a Ph.D. in philosophy have a conversation.

April 5, 2021
Building A Better “Which Philosopher Are You Most Similar To?” Quiz

There are various silly little quizzes across the internet claiming to be able to tell you which famous philosopher you most agree with, but…

April 2, 2021
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April 1, 2021
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April 1, 2021
To Help Avert University’s “Hunger Games,” A Philosopher Steps Down

Philosopher John Sutton will be voluntarily stepping down from his position as professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University as a…

March 31, 2021
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March 30, 2021
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…

March 30, 2021
Philosopher Named to White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council

Kyle Whyte, the George Willis Pack Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, has been named to the White House Environmental…

March 30, 2021
Guilford College Plans to Cut Philosophy Major — and 19 Others (updated)

[Note: the following post was mistakenly based on an outdated article from November, 2020. For newer information about what is happening at Guilford College,…

March 30, 2021
NSF Bill Emphasizes Ethics, Includes Ethics Grants

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has introduced a bill for the funding of the National Science Foundation (NSF)…

March 29, 2021
Philosophy Prof’s Lawsuit Against University On Addressing Trans Students Reinstated

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has reversed an earlier dismissal of a philosophy professor’s lawsuit against his employer, Shawnee…

March 29, 2021

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“The path to becoming a researcher seemed shrouded in mystery; academia felt like a distant realm” — Markus Schrenk shares his journey from first-gen college student to successful, prize-winning philosophy professor
“It’s not as though my… research is informed by my politics. I feel it’s the other way around. My politics is informed by my research” — Lea Ypi is interviewed about politics and universities
Critic: “You, ChatGPT, are a bad Bayesian. Rather than assess an interlocutor’s counterargument as better or worse than expected, you tend to just agree with it.” — ChatGPT: "You're right"
“We have a real need to be needed. And yet many forces… appear to be making us feel redundant. Are we building a world in which no one is particularly necessary? Do we already live in such a world?” — Joshua Rothman on being needed
Dreams can come true it can happen to you — if someone forgets to renew a software license
Explanations are “mental acts, not just facts” — Chaz Firestone looks at Tania Lombrozo's new book on explanation
“What shape is this paradox?” sounds like a category mistake — but mathematicians have an explanation for why the Condorect Paradox is in the shape of a Klein bottle
“The tragedy is that many people today are deprived of both good company and good solitude. They do not feel truly met by others, and they do not feel at home in themselves” — Amir Zadnemat on loneliness (via The Browser)
Is metaphysics about looking for some kind of fundamental level? Does reality come in levels? If so, do they stand in relations of fundamentality? Might it be levels all the way down? Why down? — Kit Fine and Timothy Williamson debate metaphysics
“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 Kant 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

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Justin Weinberg on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
1. I don't believe Graham's comment, above, was AI-authored. Perhaps I'm wrong about that, but in any event… 2. Please review the comments policy, which includes the following:…
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So how do we go about finding the best justified answer to the question: Is Pensatura overall good or bad for philosophy? And how do I create the…
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Thanks for the engagement, everyone. It's been great seeing all of the different perspectives on our project, including via email. Lots of good ideas on how to apply…
AGT on Wichita State to Eliminate Philosophy Major
Action plan and degree production. What more is there to say.
Ugh on Wichita State to Eliminate Philosophy Major
This is especially disheartening. Not only because it appears the administration was unclear as to where the goal posts were, but the department — from it's website, at…
Claire Katz on Wichita State to Eliminate Philosophy Major
It’s also a false dilemma that the choice is between a liberal arts education and workforce preparation. The humanities (and especially philosophy) are so much more than providing…
Juan Galis-Menendez on Wichita State to Eliminate Philosophy Major
This is a pattern I have seen for years in the US — eliminating philosophy, sometimes history, some arts courses and much more from the university curriculum because…
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I admit that I didn't even read the guest post, assuming that it was wholly or mostly AI-generated. But I read your comment, assuming that it was not.…
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They see exactly what they're doing and will continue to do it. I'm so fed up seeing people repackage other people's life work in a cheap for-profit manner…
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What Alex actually wrote was to mock people who use AI because they're "too lazy or too busy" to write for themselves, and "too busy" isn't just laziness.…

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