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Philosophers Win $1.1 Million in Grants to Study Epistemology of Religion

Professor Jon McGinnis and Assistant Professor Billy Dunaway, philosophers at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, have received substantial funding for a project that…

January 24, 2019
Nussbaum Uses Berggruen Winnings to Fund Discussions on Challenging Issues

Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Chicago, is using some of her Berggruen Prize winnings to…

January 23, 2019
Ad Hoc

January 22, 2019
An Approach to Teacher Training in Philosophy Departments (guest post by Colin Heydt)

“This is not revolutionary stuff. But it is important. And it is stuff I wish I’d known about early in my teaching career.”

January 22, 2019
Mini-Heap

The latest Mini-Heap is here.

January 21, 2019
Is “American Philosophy” an Endangered Area of Specialization?

Is American Philosophy in jeopardy as an area of study in the profession of philosophy today? Gregory Pappas, professor of philosophy at Texas A & M…

January 21, 2019
British Journal for the History of Philosophy Awards Best Article Prize

The British Journal for the History of Philosophy has awarded the 2018 Rogers Prize—its annual prize for the best article it publishes—to Michael Gill (University…

January 21, 2019
Gary Gutting (1942-2019) (updated)

Gary Gutting, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, died this past Friday.

January 20, 2019
What Do UK Philosophy Majors Do After They Graduate?

How many of those who graduate with a degree in philosophy in the UK are employed six months after graduation? What kinds of jobs…

January 18, 2019
An Online Trove of Ethics Case Studies

The Media Ethics Initiative at the University of Texas, Austin “exists to promote and publicize research on the ethical choices involved in media use.”…

January 18, 2019
Mini-Heap

Here’s the latest Mini-Heap.

January 17, 2019
Did I Miss Anything? On Attendance

“Did I miss anything?” It’s a common question from students.

January 16, 2019
Chaospet

January 15, 2019
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

January 14, 2019
Mini-Heap

The latest edition of Mini-Heap is here.

January 14, 2019
Marriott from Santa Cruz to Penn State

David S. Marriott, professor in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be joining the faculty at Pennsylvania…

January 14, 2019
“Refuting someone is the best thing you can do to them”

Those are the words of Agnes Callard (University of Chicago), in an interview with David Wright at Not Unreasonable.

January 14, 2019
Why I Don’t Usually Respond to Professor Leiter: An Example

In my recent post, “It’s Complicated,” I responded to a criticism of me published by Brian Leiter at his blog, Leiter Reports. In my…

January 11, 2019
Virtual Dissertation Writing Groups

Once again, Joshua Smart (Ohio State) is organizing virtual dissertation writing groups for philosophy Ph.D. students.

January 11, 2019
It’s Complicated

I’ve been criticized for saying that the issue behind the attempt of some students at Oxford to stop having John Finnis teach required courses*…

January 10, 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 Overwhelming Cheating
That sounds very problematic to me. If we have to have handwritten examinations until AI can be reliably detected, are we examining the things valuable to philosophy, or…
Meme on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I think he’s at least somewhat sensitive to the interests of his audience, so it doesn’t seem unreasonable to simply note that it’s a bit much sometimes (though…
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…

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