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February 19, 2019
$1.3 Million Grant for Philosophy of Religion in North America, Latin America, UK

Luis Oliveira, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Houston, has received $1.3 million to lead an international project on the epistemology of…

February 18, 2019
The NSF and the Rise of Value-Free Philosophies of Science (guest post by Joel Katzav & Krist Vaesen)

Why were social, moral and political issues relatively neglected in philosophy of science during the 20th Century? Joel Katzav (Queensland) and Krist Vaesen (Eindhoven) continue their investigation of the institutional and…

February 18, 2019
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February 18, 2019
New Group: Philosophers for Sustainability

Philosophers for Sustainability is a new group of philosophy faculty and graduate students interested in working toward environmental sustainability and combating climate change in practice,…

February 15, 2019
Ten Things I Love About Philosophers

Happy Valentine’s Day, philosofriends!

February 14, 2019
How Is Good Public Philosophy Possible?

“When Aristotle said that the intellectual life is one of serious leisure, I believe he was trying to avoid the Scylla of business and…

February 14, 2019
Placement Patterns in the UK Philosophy Job Market

“Who gets to teach at good philosophy departments in the UK?” That’s the question taken up in the following guest post* by Philip Schönegger, a…

February 14, 2019
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February 13, 2019
Wollongong Receives AU$50 Million for Philosophy-Based Degree Program

The University of Wollongong is creating a philosophy-based bachelor of arts degree program in “Western Civilization”, to be based in a new School of Liberal…

February 13, 2019
Do Professors Penalize Conservative Students?

This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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

February 13, 2019
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February 12, 2019
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February 12, 2019
The Best Reviewer/Editor Comments You’ve Received

Last week people shared their horror stories on “The Worst Reviewer/Editor Comments You’ve Received“. But refereeing papers and editing journals is crucial and often…

February 12, 2019
$1.2 Million for Free Will Project in Colombia

Santiago Amaya (Universidad de los Andes) and Manuel Vargas (University of California, San Diego) have won a $1.2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation…

February 11, 2019
Who’s Down With QPPs? (Questionable Publication Practices) (guest post by Mark Alfano)

The following is a guest post* by Mark Alfano (Australian Catholic University & Delft University of Technology).

February 11, 2019
Bringing Ethics Into Computer Science at Harvard

Computer scientists and philosophers are working together at Harvard to bring ethics into computer science courses.

February 11, 2019
Job Materials as PDFs Please

“Job candidates should submit their materials as PDFs. References should absolutely do the same with their letters. That is the end of my TED…

February 11, 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 11, 2019
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February 9, 2019

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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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AIvsAIvsAI on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I should clarify: 1. Some philosophers have clearly embraced the use if AI in various ways and expanded the art form. I've found more than a hand full…
AIvsAIvsAI on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Reply to David and Michel: "But Claude* has a distinctive style and you can often tell when people are going beyond that kind of thing and actually getting…
Michel on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
If you say so. But I won't pretend I didn't say that if you use a chatbot to generate chunks of text in your dissertation, then you haven't…
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,…

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