Two Philosophers Bring Expert-Based AI to Your Reading Experience
John Kaag (University of Massachusetts, Lowell) and Clancy Martin (University of Missouri, Kansas City) have teamed up with businessman and philosophy enthusiast John Dubuque to create a new business that brings together great books, expert commentary, and artificial intelligence. (more…)
Misinformation Mistakes (guest post)
“The mistake involves grouping together into an all-or-nothing package entire sets of claims whose epistemological credentials are quite varied. It also often involves collapsing epistemic and moral concerns.” (more…)
Clarke from Berkeley to Yale
Timothy Clarke, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, is moving to Yale University, where he will be associate professor of philosophy. (more…)
AI Generated Content and Academic Journals
What are good policy options for academic journals regarding the detection of AI generated content and publication decisions? (more…)
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New additions to the Heap of Links… (more…)
A Searchable Digital Map of Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica, by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, is known for its significant influence on work in philosophy, logic, and early computer science. It was originally published in three volumes (totaling 1,992 pages) between 1910 and 1913. Now, it’s available in a new form: a digital searchable map. (more…)
An Opportunity for Reforming Peer Review (guest post)
“Current dissatisfaction with peer review is such an opportunity for change, so we call for taking advantage of this opportunity as fully as we can. We build our recommendations on the idea that mutual critical engagement is a skill developed through ongoing practice and actual engagement with each other’s ideas.” (more…)
Survey: What Makes a Good Philosophy Journal?
What makes for a good philosophy journal? A new survey is underway to help answer that question. (more…)
UNC Asheville Philosophy Under Threat (multiple updates)
UNC Asheville Chancellor Kimberly van Noort has proposed eliminating the Department of Philosophy and the philosophy major program at the school. (more…)
Santoni De Sio from Delft to Eindhoven
Filippo Santoni de Sio, currently associate professor in ethics and philosophy of technology at Deflt University of Technology, has been hired as professor of philosophy of ethics and philosophy in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology. (more…)
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Nuel Belnap (1930-2024)
Nuel Belnap, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, well-known for his work on the philosophy of logic, has died.
Stilz Resigns from PPA; Shares Instructions to Authors
Anna Stilz (currently at Princeton, soon to be at Berkeley), editor-in-chief of Philosophy and Public Affairs, has submitted her resignation to the journal’s publisher, Wiley. (more…)
Ethical Evidence, Ethical Experience, and Shamelessness (guest post)
“A kind of science-envy is often visible in much of what analytic philosophers have had to say about the question of evidence in ethics… In some cases, however, what deprives us of the truth is not scientism, but other forms of prejudice.”
Summer Plans
Summer is here, and with it, some changes for the season at Daily Nous. (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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Interesting stuff elsewhere… (more…)
Philosopher: Missed Class to Get an Abortion? Not Excused.
A philosophy professor and a finance professor at the University of Texas at Austin have joined with the state in a lawsuit against the Federal government, particularly the US Department of Education’s “Final Rule” regarding the interpretation of Title IX, which aims to prevent “discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal fin..
An Open Letter from Gaza Academics
“We have come together as Palestinian academics and staff of Gaza universities to affirm our existence, the existence of our colleagues and our students, and the insistence on our future, in the face of all current attempts to erase us.” (more…)
A Christian University’s Unchristian Treatment of a Tenured Philosophy Professor
A tenured associate professor of philosophy who had received ratings of “excellent” in her annual reviews each year for the past decade, whose classes are always full or overloaded, who teaches extra courses, and who gets great student reviews in those courses, has been fired. (more…)
Eric B. Dayton (1946-2024)
Eric Brian Dayton, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan, died earlier this month. (more…)
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Play a Game to Improve a Philosophical Research Tool (guest post)
“What papers talk about P?”
“Who argues that P?” (more…)
APA Election Results
The American Philosophical Association (APA) announced the results of its recent election last week. (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…)
A Journal’s Different Standards for White Male Authors*
Suppose you’re the editor-in-chief of an academic philosophy journal that employs double-anonymized peer review. The reports on a manuscript are in, and you’re deciding whether to accept the piece for publication. Should the race or sex of the author make a difference to the criteria you bring to this decision? (more…)
Grad & Undergrad Philosophy Programs Focusing on Science/Technology
Earlier this month I reported on a new MA program in philosophy and computing at the University of Bayreuth and another in philosophy and data science at Marche Polytechnic. Since then, a few other new or recently developed programs that bring philosophy together with science and/or technology—both at the masters and undergraduate levels—have come to my attentio..
Editors at Philosophy & Public Affairs Resign; Will Launch New OA Journal
The executive, associate, and advisory editors and all of the editorial board members of one of the most influential journals in moral and political philosophy, Philosophy & Public Affairs, have resigned en masse.