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November 21, 2017
Philosophers On The Art of Morally Troubling Artists

The news over the past several months has been full of revelations of sexual harassment and assault by men involved in arts and entertainment…

November 21, 2017
New Interdisciplinary Institute for Science & Technology Studies

The Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology & Society (AJI) has been launched at the University of South Carolina.

November 21, 2017
Mini-Heap

Here, a little late, is the latest edition of Mini-Heap—10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links. Feel free to discuss.

November 20, 2017
Chignell from Penn to Princeton

Andrew Chignell, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (and before that, at Cornell University), will be joining the faculty at the…

November 20, 2017
Mentoring Workshop For Women Graduate Students In Philosophy

Athena in Action is a networking and mentoring workshop for graduate student women in philosophy. Applications are now being accepted for its third annual…

November 20, 2017
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

Greetings. Here’s the weekly report of what’s new at some useful online philosophy resources.

November 20, 2017
Philosophical Photography Contest

The Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western University is again running its philosophical photography contest.

November 17, 2017
What Philosophers Are Asking Today (for World Philosophy Day 2017)

“What is the meaning of life?” That’s probably the question that springs to mind when a non-philosopher is asked what philosophers study. And while…

November 16, 2017
Philosophy of Science Undergrad Summer Program

The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh will be hosting a summer program in philosophy of science for undergraduate students from underrepresented…

November 15, 2017
Ad Hoc (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)

November 14, 2017
Why Science Education Needs Philosophy

Many of the young people who attend my classes think that philosophy is a fuzzy discipline that’s concerned only with matters of opinion, whereas…

November 14, 2017
A Woman’s Graduate School Experience at Princeton Philosophy in the 80’s

It was impossible for me to get credit for my own work… and for the faculty to put the two things together: me, Lisa…

November 14, 2017
Mini-Heap

Here’s the latest edition of Mini-Heap—10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links. Feel free to discuss.

November 14, 2017
No Winner of Sanders Public Philosophy Award

The Marc Sanders Foundation offers a number of generous awards in several areas of philosophy and in 2016 launched its Public Philosophy Award. For the 2017 run of this…

November 13, 2017
£100,000 Leverhulme Prizes to Three Philosophers

The Leverhulme Trust, a significant funder of research and education in the UK, has announced the winners of its 2017 Leverhulme Prizes. Three philosophers were…

November 13, 2017
University of Florida Reopens PhD Program

Admissions to the Ph.D. program in philosophy at the University of Florida (UF) were suspended in the wake of the 2007-2008 economic downturn. That…

November 13, 2017
Hypatia Board Announces Task Force

The Board of Directors of Hypatia, the non-profit corporation that owns the Hypatia, the journal, have announced the creation of a task force to review…

November 13, 2017
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

Happy Monday, folks. Here’s the weekly report of what’s new at some useful online philosophy resources.

November 13, 2017
ANU Philosophers Awarded Over AU$1.5 Million (updated w/ info re: awardees elsewhere)

Faculty at the School of Philosophy at Australian National University (ANU) have recently received multiple grants totaling over AU$1.5 million (roughly US$1.15 million). [See the…

November 10, 2017

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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Justin Weinberg on Overwhelming Cheating
Reminder: The comments policy says of LLMs, "please do not submit comments written in whole or in part by these tools."
Nice try on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
"If there is a line, defend it. If there is no line and any AI-generated text invalidates authorship, defend that instead." Have you heard of a false dilemma…
Rosanna Festa on My Crystal Ball
I am a philosopher woman and I have the Crystal Ball.
Animal Symbolicum on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Since everyone knows that the paradigm philosophical achievement is the production of a peer-reviewed article presenting an argument for a claim, the series’ titular question is already answered.…
Dave on Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy
Georgia Southern also does Philosophy After Dark' at a local brewery (!): https://www.griceconnect.com/lets-eat/philosophy-after-dark-builds-community-through-timely-and-timeless-questions-10373344.
MBW on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Not so worried – it's also in Pangram's interest to continue the arms race. Their AI can fight the chatbots, and when it's not useful, we won't rely…
Paul Doran on Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy
Check out Philosophy In Pubs, Liverpool, England – https://www.philosophyinpubs.co.uk/schedule/all/schedule https://philosophyinpublic.co.uk
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
I never said anything about long term policy. At present, AI detection works, and we can make policy based on that. As and when the technological situation changes,…
Nick on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
But as you hint, isn't there just a simple argument against long-term reliance on any such tools as Pangram? In the long run, someone will surely reverse-engineer any…
DoctorK on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Substantive oral defenses in philosophy have been common all over the world, and I see no evidence that there are fewer 'neurodivergent' philosophers in e.g. the UK or…
Michel on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Most of their services do indeed go way too far in my estimation, yes. The rest might or might not be okay, depending on how they play out,…
Roger Da Shrubber on Overwhelming Cheating
Is it a binary? Or is it a matter of accommodation verses inclusion? They are very different things and from my perspective, its like the disabled have to…
Jessie Ewesmont on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
It's definitely a joke, since the next paragraph says it helps young scholars write more emails.
Roger Da Shrubber on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
No, it's not an N+1 game. I'm not arguing that no line can be drawn. I'm trying to get Michel to defend the position he actually holds, but…
Nice try on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
You appear to be desperately goading Michel into a line drawing trap, something resembling a sorites paradox. Suppose Michel responds to you that n number of AI generated…

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