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A Way Professors Make a “Real World” Difference

Amidst all the talk about public philosophy, let’s not forget a more traditional way philosophers have an impact on the world: by teaching well, encouraging…

November 7, 2018
New Free Open-Source Multi-Purpose Multi-System Logic Software

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November 7, 2018
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November 6, 2018
Mind Chunks

November 6, 2018
Why Philosophers of Science (and others) Should Use Twitter

Janet Stemwedel, professor of philosophy at San Jose State University, created a poster for the recent meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)…

November 5, 2018
Philosopher Shirt Poll: Another Collaboration with Hirsute History

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November 5, 2018
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

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

November 5, 2018
When Academics Receive Threats of Violence and Death

“This week several of my colleagues in my department and faculty have received anonymous death threats and antisemitic hostility because they politely protested a…

November 2, 2018
Convergence as Progress in Philosophy

One type of evidence that some claim is relevant to determining whether there has been progress in philosophy is whether philosophers have converged on answers…

November 1, 2018
Philosophy as a Way of Life Project Launched with $800K Grant

“Philosophy as a Way of Life ” is a new project led by Meghan Sullivan, a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.…

November 1, 2018
Halloween Costumes of Famous Philosophers

Happy Halloween! If well-known philosophers were to dress up for Halloween in what they’d think are scary costumes, what would their costumes be?

October 31, 2018
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October 31, 2018
Chaospet

October 30, 2018
Martha Nussbaum Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize

Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Chicago, is the winner of the 2018 Berggruen Prize.

October 30, 2018
Some Philosophers Are Leaving Twitter

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October 29, 2018
Mini-Heap

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October 29, 2018
Political Interference in Humanities Grants in Australia

The previous Australian Minister of Education, Senator Simon Birmingham, quietly vetoed Australian Research Council (ARC) funding recommendations over the past two years, denying 11…

October 26, 2018
Demographic Diversity is Good for Philosophy

In light of some recent discussions here and elsewhere about demographic diversity in philosophy, I thought it might be helpful to set out one…

October 26, 2018
An Objection Does Not A Rejection Make

“If philosophers are serious about improving the way their journals function, they need to consider not only how to improve the mechanics of the…

October 25, 2018
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October 25, 2018

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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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Louis Vervoort on AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
I agree on many aspects of David’s post (referring to Justin’s older post “ ‘Hey Sophi’, or How Much Philosophy Will Computers Do?”) on the use and utility…
Sam Duncan on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Students whose work is tagged by Pangram will often give the following atrocious argument after I point out that the research showing it's quite accurate and, on the…
Brian Weatherson on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
MIT had, and still has for all I know, a system for this that I think was right. There was a private oral defense that was really substantive.…
MBW on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Please don't count me in your 1) — I'm hoping beyond hope that Pangram works as advertised so that we can rely on it as we determine what…
Jeremy Davis on Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy
The philosophy department at UGA (Athens, GA has recently started hosting "Philosophy Cafes" at a local brewery. They're also a hit! https://venunite.com/events/philosophy-cafe-with-uga-philosophy-3 https://www.phil.uga.edu/news/stories/2026/philosophy-cafe-continues-strong
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Me too; it's a rich and interesting dataset, there's probably a lot more to get from it.
MBW on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Fair enough. I'd still be interested to see how many fail a higher threshold, or to learn why 2% was how they operationalized 'written by AI.'
Nick on Overwhelming Cheating
But disabled students can be (and are, because of the ADA) given accommodations for exams like this. My students who can't write use computers in a designated area.…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Let me step back from the specifics of various sub-threads and make a couple of broader (and related) points: 1) I am really intrigued at how many people…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
The actual quote you embed as evidence that “ the researchers specifically marked these as false positives” explicitly says that they are *not* false positives, so I don’t…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I don’t think it’s “obviously true”; I think it’s true (at least if you replace “separated” with “cleanly separated’). I wouldn’t spend extended time on a blog trying…
Jenelle on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
> “However, suppose I say to some AI “You know, I feel like I’m doing a poor job of getting my point across in this paragraph. Something seems…
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…

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