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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

July 16, 2019
The Political Views of Philosophy Majors

U.S. philosophy majors in the are more likely to have favorable attitudes towards socialism than undergraduates majoring in other subjects, according to a new…

July 15, 2019
Gender, Topics, and Publication: Clues from Political Science?

A new study in political science provides evidence for an explanation of why “women are more likely to leave the profession than men” and why…

July 15, 2019
Doris from Washington University in St. Louis to Cornell

John Doris, currently professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program at Washington University in St. Louis, is moving to Cornell University.

July 15, 2019
Mini-Heap

Monday Mini-Heap…

July 15, 2019
Moral Philosophy Courses Can Change Students’ Behavior

The share of meal plan expenditures on meat by students who took part in a philosophy class on the ethics of eating animals declined…

July 12, 2019
Publishing Philosophy One Doesn’t Believe

“Is there anything wrong with publishing philosophical work which one does not believe?”

July 12, 2019
Philosopher Named to New State Dept. Commission on Unalienable Rights

U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo earlier this week announced the creation of a new “Commission on Unalienable Rights,” comprised of scholars and activists…

July 11, 2019
Ad Hoc

July 10, 2019
Should We Get Rid of Peer Review?

“Where philosophers of science have claimed the social structure of science works well, their arguments tend to rely on things other than peer review, and…

July 9, 2019
Mini-Heap

Time for a new Mini-Heap…

July 9, 2019
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

July 8, 2019
Lyons from Arkansas to Glasgow

Jack C. Lyons, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Arkansas, will be moving to the University of Glasgow.

July 4, 2019
Mini-Heap

Second Mini-Heap of the day…

July 3, 2019
Less Frequent Posting

This is just to let readers know I expect posting to be lighter over the next week.

July 3, 2019
Philosophy on Twitter & YouTube – Quarterly Update

This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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

July 3, 2019
Mini-Heap

A new Mini-Heap…

July 3, 2019
To φ Or Not To φ

July 2, 2019
Elite Philosophy PhD Programs Mostly Admit Students from Other Elite Schools (guest post by Eric Schwitzgebel)

“There are many potentially excellent philosophers from nonelite schools who are missing terrific educational and career opportunities because students from elite schools have such a large…

July 2, 2019
Manifesto for Public Philosophy (guest post by C. Thi Nguyen)

“It’s war, the soul of humanity is at stake, and the discipline that has been in isolation training for 2000 years for this very…

July 1, 2019

Heap of Links

Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“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"

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Kenny Easwaran on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
I suspect they were intending a different contrast – many philosophers might see the topic, "why teach philosophy?" and think of this as outreach to non-philosophers about the…
Louis F. Cooper on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Professor Marcus says, “the interviews are tightly edited audio, typically under an hour, extracted from much longer (typically 3-4 hour) conversations that I had over the past year…
Nicolas Delon on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
That's a lot of AI, for sure. But this is Justin's blog, and it's his privilege, as the sole editor, to publish what he wishes. What he posts…
Michel on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I am disturbed by the prevalence in STEM, and heartened by the lag in philosophy. I will say this, though. Many of these people will go on to…
Student Philosopher on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Neat
AI, again on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
One would hope (one would think) that philosophy as a discipline has more going on right now than issues surrounding AI (as important as they may be). I'm…
Kate on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Interesting and thanks! How are you feeling about your prospects?
Holothurian on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
"If the means to those ends are using a controversial technology, bucking romantic notions of what ‘philosophy’ is, burning down the rainforest, giving more power to a class…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
2% on an abstract is low enough that I might feel uncomfortable using it in an academic-integrity investigation, but I think it's fine for a population-level survey. The…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
That paper shows that Pangram flags 0.0% of abstracts from 2013-2015 as AI-written, and 14.9% of abstracts from 2023-2025 as AI-written. One possibility is that in fact all…
despondent on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
There are two big benefits I see with using AI for dissertations. Firstly, if by using AI better philosophy is done, then it should be used. As philosophers,…
Brian Weatherson on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
All of that seems right to me, but the 0's at the left end of the graph are some evidence in the other direction. From the description, I…
MBW on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
2% is very low for a threshold, especially for a very short chunk of text. 10 words of a 500 word abstract? I think Pangram is a wonderful…
Skeptic on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I think this needs to be tempered with the data on Pangrams FPR in evaluating abstracts according to this recent study (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.11256). It seems to show that there…
AGT on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
One makes people rich and the other doesn't…age-old story. Follow the money.

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