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How Is Your Teaching Evaluated?
It seems that every few months a new study is published demonstrating some kind of problem with student evaluations of teaching. Recently I’ve seen…
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What Should Philosophers Teach in Quantitative Reasoning Courses? (guest post by Landon D.C. Elkind)
The following is a guest post* by Landon D.C. Elkind (University of Iowa) about the content of philosophy courses that satisfy general education requirements…
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$5.6 Million Grant to Philosophers Studying “Knowledge Resistance”
An interdisciplinary group of researchers headed by philosophers at Stockholm University has won a SEK 50,400,000 (approximately $5.6 million) grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (the Swedish Foundation for Humanities…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Hello! Here’s the weekly report on new entries in online philosophical resources and new reviews of philosophy books.
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A Reputational Survey of Philosophy Programs Plotted Against Program Placement Data
To what extent does getting one’s PhD in philosophy from a program that does well in a reputational survey increase one’s chances of finding…
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Teaching Gen Ed Students the Value of Philosophy (guest post by Andrew P. Mills)
Earlier this year, Andrew P. Mills , professor of philosophy and director of the Integrative Studies Program at Otterbein University, and president of the American Association of…
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Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap!
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MIT Launches Billion Dollar Ethics-Oriented AI Initiative
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is establishing a new college focused on the development and “ethical application” artificial intelligence.
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Visualizing the Structure of Philosophy from the 1950s to Today
Maximilian Noichl has designed a beautiful visualization of philosophy from the 1950s to today.
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Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap!
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Thinking As Complex as the World: an Obituary for Mary Midgley (guest post by Ian James Kidd)
The following is an obituary for philosopher Mary Midgley, who died last week, written by Ian James Kidd (Nottingham). It first appeared on the SWIP-UK…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Happy Monday! Here’s the weekly report on new entries in online philosophical resources and new reviews of philosophy books.
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Faculty Job Security & Academic Freedom
Seventy-three percent of faculty at institutions of higher education in the United States are neither tenured nor on the tenure-track, according to a new…
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Philosophy Game Jam
What’s a game jam and what could it possibly have to do with philosophy?
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Mary Midgley (1919-2018) (updated)
Mary Midgley, a well-known British moral philosopher, has died at age 99.
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Teaching Philosophy as the Search for Complication
Most students in philosophy classrooms in the United States are taking their first and only philosophy course. Why is it their only one?
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John Corvino Hopes to Teach the Public to Argue Well
John Corvino, professor of philosophy and dean of the Honors College at Wayne State University—and public philosopher extraordinaire—has created a new series of videos…
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