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A Philosopher Helps A Former Prisoner Dig Deep Into His Experiences, Thoughts, and Art
“I realized I couldn’t be what the officials were expecting of me. You got to put that in your head so they can’t break you. They want to break you. If you’re not broken, they say you’re crazy.” (more…)
Koch Use Causes Rift in Philosophy Department
“The depth of the conflict in the Department is troubling.” (more…)
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The New York Times Eliminates Dedicated Philosophy Column
The New York Times has instituted several changes to its publication of opinion pieces, and one of them is the discontinuation of The Stone, its dedicated space for publishing philosophy. (more…)
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Analytic Philosophy’s “Triple Failure of Confidence”
“Analytic philosophy suffers from a triple failure of confidence, especially among younger philosophers.” (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (more…)
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APA Announces Prizes and Honors
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of several prizes and honors. (more…)
Heath Wins Donner Prize for Best Public Policy Book
Joseph Heath, professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, has won the 2020 Donner Prize for Best Public Policy Book. (more…)
Plutynski Wins 2021 Lakatos Award
The London School of Economics and Political Science has announced that the winner of the 2021 Lakatos Award is Anya Plutynski (Washington University in St. Louis). (more…)
OUP’s Prestige Monopoly (guest post)
Oxford University Press (OUP) has an excellent reputation in philosophy and publishes a lot of philosophy books. That seems like a good thing, but are there reasons to be concerned by the publisher’s disciplinary dominance? (more…)
Reminder: Open, Live, Online Philosophy Events
This post is a reminder about the existence of the Open, Live, Online Philosophy Events Spreadsheet. (more…)
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New Journal: Review of Analytic Philosophy
Review of Analytic Philosophy (RAP), a new open-access, peer-reviewed, English-language philosophy journal based in Japan, has just published its inaugural issue. (more…)
What Video Games to Play in a Philosophy Classroom? (guest post)
“Video games and various scenarios they present can help us not only to better explain and understand philosophical issues and thought experiments, but more importantly, they allow us — although in a limited sense — to experience them as well.” (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
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Philosophers Among the 2021 Newcombe Doctoral Fellows
The Institute for Citizens & Scholars (formerly the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation), has awarded its 2021 Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships, and several philosophy students are among the winners. (more…)
New Visualization-Based Interface for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Data engineer and developer Joseph DiCastro has created a visualization of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) through which users can search for entries and see the connections between them. It generates attractive visualizations, but is also a well-designed, useful, and approachable tool for navigating the SEP. (more…)
Sanders Metaethics Prize Winner Announced
The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced that the winner of its 2021 Prize in Metaethics is Graham Bex-Priestley (University of Leeds). (more…)
Christoph Jamme (1953-2021)
Christoph Jamme, professor of philosophy at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, has died. (more…)
Royal Institute of Philosophy Essay Prize Winners
The Royal Institute of Philosophy has announced the winners of its 2020 Essay Prize. (more…)
Jacques Bouveresse (1940-2021)
Jacques Bouveresse, emeritus professor of philosophy at the Collège de France, has died. (more…)
Numbers of Senior Hires in Philosophy During Recent Years
Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) looked into the numbers of senior hires in philosophy made in recent years. (more…)
Louis Charland (1958-2021)
Louis Charland, professor of philosophy, psychiatry, and health sciences at Western University (Ontario), has died. (more…)