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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

Here’s the report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books.

June 30, 2020
Lower-Level Course Materials on Race, Racism, and Protests

Philosophy professors who will be teaching courses like “Contemporary Moral Problems” this fall may be interested in adding a unit on race, racism, protests,…

June 29, 2020
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June 27, 2020
The Golden Nuggets of Philosophy

Sophia Stone, a philosopher at Lynn University and the creator of Wisdom’s Edge Foundation, which “promotes critical thinking through philosophical inquiry, guided by a democratic…

June 26, 2020
Rigor in Math

Sometimes progress requires rigor, and sometimes progress can’t wait for rigor—at least in math.

June 26, 2020
Shapiro Wins C$2.78 Million Grant for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy

Lisa Shapiro, professor of philosophy at Simon Fraser University, has won a C$2.78 million (approximately $2.04 million) grant to support her project, “Extending New Narratives…

June 25, 2020
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New links of possible interest to those interested in philosophy…

June 25, 2020
Hybrid or Blended Classes: How Can They Be Done Well?

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some universities are telling students that, this fall, they will be able to choose to take particular courses either in-person…

June 24, 2020
The Ethics of Social Distancing (and Why It Doesn’t Rule Out Protesting) (guest post by Travis N. Rieder)

“When I began writing this essay, public health-minded folks were arguing that social distancing is morally required, and expressing dismay at the pictures of partiers…

June 24, 2020
Controversy at Philosophical Psychology Leads to Editor’s Resignation

In December 2019, the journal Philosophical Psychology published an article calling for scholars to take more seriously genetics-based approaches to research on race and intelligence. Yesterday, an…

June 24, 2020
Allen Wins $500,000 Kluge Prize

Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, has been named the winner…

June 23, 2020
To φ Or Not To φ

June 23, 2020
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June 23, 2020
Public Philosophy and the Civic Duty of Universities (guest post by Angie Hobbs)

“Like Plato’s Academy, the majority of modern universities should be civic institutions that engage with, learn from, and enhance the well-being of their local…

June 22, 2020
6-Figure Deal for Assistant Professor of Philosophy’s New Book

Ten publishers bid for a chance to publish the next book from Myisha Cherry, assistant professor of philosophy at University of California, Riverside.

June 22, 2020
David Hugh Mellor (1938-2020)

David Hugh Mellor (known as D.H. or Hugh Mellor), professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, has died.

June 22, 2020
Philosophy at UWE Bristol Threatened (Updated)

The University of the West of England (UWE) at Bristol has announced plans to eliminate its degree programs in philosophy and effectively cease the…

June 22, 2020
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

Here’s the report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books.

June 22, 2020
Good 20th & 21st Century Music Inspired by Philosophy?

“What music made in the 20th/21st centuries directly inspired by philosophy is actually any good?”

June 19, 2020
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June 19, 2020

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Some authors of articles published in philosophy journals are not disclosing that they used AI in writing them — and they should, says Amos Wollen
It took a philosopher who was a medical doctor to argue for the social utility of vice. Why? — John Callanan and Blain Neufeld discuss Bernard Mandeville, "the wickedest man in Europe"
“The technologies with which we are increasingly interconnected lack the complex interiority required for real intelligence to arise” — Melanie Challenger on how GPS, AI, etc. threaten bodily intelligence
“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

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Michel on New Philosophy Journal Rankings by Citations in SEP in IEP
Having just looked at the citation numbers (why didn't I before?), they're in the range I'd expect for the number of relevant entries (pure gut feeling on my…
Michel on New Philosophy Journal Rankings by Citations in SEP in IEP
I'm also surprised by how well the BJA and the JAAC fare; the SEP does have more aesthetics-related entries than you might expect, but then again, it's probably…
Michael Kirchhoff on Calls for Papers / Grants / Etc.
Idealization, Computation and Cognition. University of Wollongong, Australia. Deadline for submissions 1 February 2027. https://www.idealizationcomputationcognition.com/ We invite submissions for Idealization, Computation and Cognition 2027, a three-day international conference…
Nat Hansen on New Philosophy Journal Rankings by Citations in SEP in IEP
Brian Weatherson noticed that the article count for Phil Review was high in my ranking of citations per 100 articles; it turned out Claude was counting some Phil…
Student Philosopher on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
At least, when I ask Claude to pretend to be my provost, that’s what it says.LOL
Deborah on Wichita State to Eliminate Philosophy Major
In states like Ohio and Indiana universities are losing their majors because state legislatures mandate programs must have a certain number of graduates. The situation at WSU appears…
despondent on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I'm convinced! I especially like the part about how "…we can help a significant number of students become better reasoners…
Meme on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
Meno: But Socrates, you haven’t considered my objection at all! Socrates: Let’s put a pin in that and circle back to it when we have better goal alignment…
Meme on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
“I share this concern,” not “this is how we convince them to spare philosophy.”
Student Philosopher on Wichita State to Eliminate Philosophy Major
Education is about more than making graduates employable….Among other things to be derived from higher education is moral growth or enrichment of the student’s inner life. I agree…
GoodForSpecialists on New Philosophy Journal Rankings by Citations in SEP in IEP
It is interesting that specialist journals do surprisingly well by these metrics. I'm looking in particular at the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and the British Journal…
Michelle Mason Bizri on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
Amen.
Kenny Easwaran on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
I in general see much more potential for value in applications of AI than many other commenters here. But I pretty much agree about this one.
Kenny Easwaran on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
I think there is value in philosophy as an end-in-itself. But when your only defense of something rests on it being an end-in-itself, your arguments are completely unpersuasive…
Kenny Easwaran on Building AI That Can Do Philosophy Better Than Us (guest post)
I agree. I'm slightly dreading the work I've agreed to do in being an evaluator for the AI philosophy competition (though I'm also definitely curious how many of…

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