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April 25, 2019
David N. Mowry (1941-2019): “What does one say about the teacher who saved your life?” (guest post by Jack Weinstein)

David N. Mowry, professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York (SUNY) Plattsburgh, has died.

April 25, 2019
Pryor from NYU to UNC

Jim Pryor, currently professor of philosophy at New York University, will be taking up a professorship in the Department of Philosophy at the University of…

April 24, 2019
DePaul Students Ask University to Censure Philosophy Professor for Writings on Palestinians

Jason D. Hill, professor of philosophy at DePaul University, recently wrote an article for The Federalist about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has prompted students at his…

April 24, 2019
An Experiment in Philosophy and Poetry (guest post by Aaron Meskin)

Imagine the following: you write an academic paper in philosophy, a poet then writes a poem about your paper, and then you respond to…

April 24, 2019
Mind Chunks

April 23, 2019
Brake from ASU to Rice

Elizabeth Brake, currently associate professor of philosophy at Arizona State University, is moving to Rice University, where she will be a full professor.

April 23, 2019
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April 23, 2019
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

April 22, 2019
James Schall (1928-2019)

James V. Schall, professor emeritus in the Department of Government at Georgetown University and the author of many works in political philosophy, religion, and…

April 19, 2019
Philosophers Among New National Humanities Center Fellows

The National Humanities Center has announced the names of 37 scholars who will be its 2019-2020 residential fellows, and there are two philosophers among them.

April 18, 2019
The Making of the Disaster at the University of Tulsa (Updated)

Last week, I reported on the proposal of the administration of the University of Tulsa (TU) to reorganize the school, reorient it towards vocational training,…

April 18, 2019
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April 18, 2019
Crash Course: Epistemology of Disagreement

Around four years ago, I had a short-lived “Crash Course” series of posts here at Daily Nous.

April 17, 2019
Jorati from Ohio State to UMass Amherst

Julia Jorati, currently associate professor of philosophy at The Ohio State University, will be moving to the Department of Philosophy at the University of…

April 17, 2019
Chaospet

April 16, 2019
Pickard and Phillips from Birmingham to Johns Hopkins

Ian Phillips and Hanna Pickard, both professors of philosophy at the University of Birmingham, will be moving to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), where they will each hold…

April 16, 2019
Santorio from UCSD to Maryland

Paolo Santorio, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, will be moving to the University of Maryland.

April 16, 2019
Book on Alain Locke Wins Pulitzer Prize

A book on philosopher Alain Locke has won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

April 16, 2019
Sanders Foundation Announces Philosophy of Religion Prize Winner

The 2019 Sanders Prize in Philosophy of Religion has been awarded to Marshall Thompson, a fourth-year graduate student in philosophy at Florida State University.

April 16, 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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Roger Da Shrubber on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I think you're making an assumption that writing and authorship are the same thing. They're related, but they're not identical. If the dissertation exists to evaluate my originality,…
Michel on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
We're talking about using AI to write the text of a dissertation. That is a hill I will die on, so to speak. If you use it to…
Roger Da Shrubber on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
While its a lot more work for lecturers, viva voce is becoming a lot more prominent in undergrad and masters assessments at the uni I attend. Making a…
Roger Da Shrubber on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
An AI edit to fix my poor grammar will be flagged as AI. What am I being judged on for my doctorate? My ability to speller and grammer…
MBW on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Sure, and it's certainly interesting that it doesn't pop pre-2022; but it's also compatible with more benign explanations. We're all soaking in AI-generated text that it's not surprising…
historygrrrl on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Oral defense as a regular part of the process is, sort of, already a requirement at my university. During the dissertation phase, PhD students have to complete a…
Michel on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I am disturbed because they used it to write their dissertations. A few years ago this would have been called contract cheating. If they used it to cure…
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Why are you disturbed by the use of AI in STEM? If scientists use AI to develop new vaccines faster, find cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s, or build…
Ben on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
I don't have any strong preexisting interest in this topic (although I've been teaching philosophy for 15 years), but I listened to the interview with David Concepcion just…
Louis F. Cooper on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Ok, that makes sense.
Eric Steinhart on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Surely you’re aware of what just happened in mathematics.
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…
Dmitri Gallow on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
For a long while now, dissertation defenses have been largely pro-forma affairs. At the University of Michigan when I defended, the form the committee was given after my…

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