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Black Students Are Increasingly Interested in Philosophy (guest post)
“Over the past several years, Black students have become increasingly interested in philosophy, both upon entering their first year of undergraduate study and upon…
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Program to Bring Ethics Bowl to Under-Resourced High Schools
The University of North Carolina’s Parr Center for Ethics has created a new “bridge” program to bring the center’s National High School Ethics Bowl (NHSEB) to…
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Lecturer Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
A lecturer who taught philosophy-related courses at Tembusu College, which is a part of the National University of Singapore (NUS), was fired by the university…
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A Pandemic Ethics Book Club with the General Public (guest post by Jesse Hamilton)
“If philosophy is to thrive, it must be sensitive and responsive to the world it is meant to engage with. The non-philosophers in our…
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Call for Signatures on Statement Regarding Sexual Harassment in Philosophy
Jan Dowell and David Sobel (Syracuse) are calling for philosophers to add their signatures to a statement on sexual harassment in philosophy.
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Two Letters Attributed to Hume Are Fakes
Two letters attributed to Hume are in fact forgeries completed in the late 1960s, according to a study by Felix Waldmann (Cambridge) recently published in the Journal…
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Philosophers Win 2020 Leverhulme Prizes
Three philosophers have been named winners of the 2020 Philip Leverhulme Prizes.
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
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2020 PhilPapers Survey Begins
In 2009, the PhilPapers team—David Bourget of the University of Western Ontario and David Chalmers of New York University—conducted a survey of the views of professional philosophers…
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Philosopher Wins £1m Grant to Study Human and Animal Rationality
Giacomo Melis, a postdoctoral research fellow in philosophy at the University of Stirling, has won funding of just over £1 million (approximately $1.29 million) for…
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Major Philosophy Event for Pre-College Students Held Online This Year
The 2020 Australasian Philosothon—“an event that encourages school students to investigate ethical and philosophical questions in the context of ‘communities of inquiry’”—took place at the end…
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The Professional Status of “Pro-Life” Positions on Abortion
Should junior job seekers try to avoid outing themselves as “pro-life”?
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Undergraduate Philosophy Journals Database
Do you know undergraduate philosophy students who might be interested in publishing their work?
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Bad Arguments Against Teaching Chinese Philosophy
“ME: Have you considered teaching Chinese philosophy in your department? COLLEAGUE: Philosophy is by definition the tradition that goes back to Greece…”
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
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