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Bring a Distinguished Philosopher to Your Campus

The Phi Beta Kappa Society, an academic organization that recognizes academic achievement and promotes education, runs a program by which undergraduates at different institutions…

March 4, 2019
Williams from Columbia to Northeastern

Patricia Williams, currently the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, will be moving to Northeastern University, where she will have a…

March 2, 2019
A Life-Saving Philosophy Professor (guest post by Arthur Ward)

“It has been very smooth from a medical perspective, deeply moving and gratifying from an emotional perspective, a wellspring of reflection in my philosophical…

March 1, 2019
Curry from Texas A&M to Edinburgh

Tommy Curry, currently professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, has accepted a position as professor of Africana philosophy and black-male studies at the University…

March 1, 2019
Developments at the Royal Institute of Philosophy

The Royal Institute of Philosophy (RIP), a charitable organization based in London dedicated to the advancement of philosophy, has announced that it has several…

March 1, 2019
Mini-Heap

Behold the latest Mini-Heap!

February 28, 2019
New: Journal of the Philosophy of Games

The Journal of the Philosophy of Games (JPG) has published its inaugural issue.

February 27, 2019
What You Wish Someone Had Told You About the Academic Philosophy Job Market

What do you wish you had known about finding a job in academic philosophy, but didn’t, when you were a graduate student preparing to do so?

February 27, 2019
Saul from Sheffield to Waterloo

Jennifer Saul, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield, will be moving to the University of Waterloo.

February 27, 2019
Mind Chunks

February 26, 2019
Pamela Huby (1922-2019)

Pamela Huby, emeritus reader in philosophy at the University of Liverpool, has died.

February 26, 2019
Mini-Heap

Here’s the latest Mini-Heap.

February 25, 2019
Crying “Crying Wolf”

Suppose that instead of one shepherd boy, there are a few dozen. They are tired of the villagers dismissing their complaints about less threatening…

February 25, 2019
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

February 25, 2019
Seven Principles of Humane PhD Advising (guest post by Eric Schwitzgebel)

The following is a guest post* by Eric Schwitzgebel (University of California, Riverside). It originally appeared at his blog, The Splintered Mind.

February 22, 2019
McDaniel from Syracuse to Notre Dame

Kristopher McDaniel, currently professor of philosophy at Syracuse University, has accepted an offer from the University of Notre Dame.

February 22, 2019
Publishing Your Philosophy Book with Open Access

Some academic publishers offer authors of monographs an “open access” option. For a fee, the publisher will make a version of the text available…

February 21, 2019
Mini-Heap

A new Mini-Heap is here!

February 20, 2019
Chaospet

February 19, 2019
When Does the APA Take a Stand?

The Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association (APA) speaks out or takes a stand on certain issues and not others. What’s the process…

February 19, 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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Travis Dumsday on Overwhelming Cheating
I've done much the same thing as Prof. Gorman the past couple years: switched all grading in all my classes to 100% handwritten in-class proctored exams. I do…
Roger Da Shrubber on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
A dissertation is not about demonstrating that I understand existing knowledge. It is about proposing, researching, producing, and defending new knowledge. So perhaps it is not that Claude…
Noah Gordon on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Michel seems to have a pattern of doing this in comments here. They will boldly put forward some implausible claims (e.g. — if you use AI to write…
Student Philosopher on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I'm confused as to how this comment addresses the original concern brought up by Skeptic. What is the significance of the 2022 date in this instance? Isn't the…
Roger Da Shrubber on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
So you have moved from a principled argument to a much weaker quantitative one that is easier to defend. Interesting. I do not disagree that the more you…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
" have no problem with checking spelling and grammar, though I suspect that appeals to it are used to rationalize much worse behaviour." That's my suspicion too, at least…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
"When I stand in front of an evaluation panel,what ultimately matters is not what produced the text on the page. What matters is whether I understand the arguments,…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Logically compatible, sure. Many things are. Plausible? Scarcely.
Stephen on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Socrates asked Athenians about knowing themselves and the Upanishads seems to answer.
Russell Marcus on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Yes, what Kenny said. (Thanks, Kenny!) Making a podcast is the kind of thing that can seem interesting to (non-philosophy) friends and family until they listen and realize…
Michel on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I have worked as a copy editor. I have no problem with checking spelling and grammar, though I suspect that appeals to it are used to rationalize much…
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…

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