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Academic Freedom Alliance Formed

A group of scholars have created a new non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the academic freedom of higher education faculty

March 9, 2021
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New links of interest to those interested in philosophy…

March 9, 2021
How Should Philosophers Talk to Journalists?

“Whenever a journalist interviews me about whether a certain practice is morally right or wrong I always feel like I disappoint…”

March 8, 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 8, 2021
How to Find Philosophy Events on Clubhouse

Some more philosophers are finding their way onto Clubhouse (previously), and a few philosophy events open to anyone on Clubhouse are taking place. But…

March 8, 2021
Nussbaum Wins Holberg Prize

Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, has been named the winner of the 2021…

March 8, 2021
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Recent philosophy-related links…

March 5, 2021
Unconventional Readings in Undergraduate Philosophy Courses

Plato? Check. Descartes? Check. Hume? Check….

March 5, 2021
Philosophy for Kids Is not Math for Kids or Reading for Kids

In 2015, a small study purported to show that teaching elementary school students philosophy improved their math and reading skills. The following year, the…

March 4, 2021
Mount St. Mary’s Students Call for Resignation of Philosophy Professor

Students at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland are calling for the resignation of philosophy professor Joshua Hochschild because of an article he wrote…

March 4, 2021
Schafer from Irvine to Texas

Karl Schafer, currently professor of philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, will be moving to the Department of Philosophy at the University of…

March 3, 2021
Midgley on Dummett & Strawson on Closing Philosophy Departments

He told me flatly that it was wrong in principle to try to preserve all these provincial academic departments. Philosophy, he said, was a…

March 3, 2021
Otsuka from LSE to Rutgers

Michael Otsuka, currently professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics, has accepted an offer from the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University.

March 2, 2021
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March 2, 2021
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Links of possible interest to those interested in philosophy…

March 1, 2021
Philosophy’s Popularity as a Second Major Among Women

In the United States, “among students whose first major is philosophy, 36% are women” while “among students whose second major is Philosophy, 43% are women.”

March 1, 2021
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

March 1, 2021
New Editors at “Analysis”

The philosophy journal, Analysis, will soon have new editors.

March 1, 2021
Philosophy Threatened at Baker University

The administration of Baker University in Kansas has decided that in order to address the financial difficulties it is facing owing to the pandemic,…

February 26, 2021
New Fallacy Examples Sought for AI Project

This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…

February 26, 2021

Heap of Links

“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"
Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more
New data on earnings by major and university — though not all universities
“AI poses two different existential threats to [our] valuing practices” — Jordan MacKenzie offers an account of why negative judgments about AI taking over our creative and caring activities are justified
“Submission” is a humorous clicker-style game about starting a career in academic philosophy (or not) — created by Nat Hansen
“The best investment in education is to become the most human human—a challenging, fulfilling, exciting pursuit that connects us across generations” — an interview with Christa Acampora, philosopher and dean of Arts & Sciences at UVA
“What would happen if we tried to live without the mythology of agency at all?” — It's worth pondering, since "agency is just an internal command hallucination," says Alexander Douglas
“Reading List” is a free Mac app for keeping track of papers to read — philosophy PhD student Hayden Kajercline created this productivity tool for researchers, with help from Claude
How should we react to scary predictions about AI? “First: by asking questions” — "If you believe predictions uncritically, it amounts to obeying in advance," says Carissa Véliz
“I feel unbelievably lucky that I was able to make philosophy my profession” — Karen Ng reflects on her path into philosophy, at #first-genphilosophers
The ordinary concept of knowledge “doesn’t work at all the way philosophers said it does” — a round-up of studies shows how weird the philosophers' version of the concept is
1000 or so psychiatrists were asked to diagnose standardized clinical case vignettes. “Two doctors agreed on the diagnosis only 55% of the time” — What does this tell us about psychiatry? Or about other fields in which experts disagree?
Where Aristotle taught Alexander — "this newest dig may be the most revealing yet, offering insight into the specifics of Alexander the Great’s education"
Over 4000 of the Justice Department’s lawyers have left their jobs since Trump’s second term began — The New Yorker on the moral dilemma facing some government employees: resign and avoid complicity, or stay and resist where one can?

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Meme on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
“Do I find this depressing? Just the opposite. Sure, I built my career on this skill, honed it for decades, and now a computer can do it in…
Kate on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Do you have any info or write up on the bet you guys made or would you relate the details? I'm interested.
Marc Champagne on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
I don't understand. When it comes to social justice, we can disregard all established human institutions. But, when it comes to technology, we just have to accept what…
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Why are 90% of posts about AI as of late?
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Agreed. I could be wrong about this, but I do suspect that both astro- and particle physics got the investment it got in a large part because of…
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The following can be true at once: 1. Very little written philosophy is of "history making" importance – even in the small sense of 'history making' 2. Humans…
Henry Shevlin on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
I agree with most of this, especially the Deep Talks idea. The current journal system seems pretty broken in terms of speed, access, reliance on unpaid labour, and…
David Wallace on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
If I thought the upper bound of "realistic AI harm" was below "major economic downturn", I would sleep easier at night.
Andrew on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Local AI operating on a nearby laptop within the cage could defeat this. What you really need is to be in a sauna, with the heat cranked so…
AGT on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
95%? Really? I personally look at my publications as achievements even if, in the grand scheme of things, they are nothing special. And perhaps those in the publication…
Justinian on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Yeah but you could just get fed what to say in a Deep Talk in a wireless mic or displayed on smart glasses where the source is just…
Will Fithian on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Michel, I share your cynicism about the motives of industry leaders who warn about dangers even while continuing to exacerbate them by racing ahead. Unfortunately, the best reasons…
Will Fithian on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Thanks for engaging. Our working paper doesn't assess the probability that leaders in the U.S. and China will want to pause, only the feasibility of their achieving it…
AGT on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Indeed, although not because I was thinking of these points, my comment was intended to be satirical (since I don't expect any kind of pause at all).
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Im afraid that by now NVIDIA and the whole AI ecosphere is too big to fail. if anyone in gov't seriously entertained this, then we would have such…

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