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New Philosophy TV Show: Ethics Matters
Ethics Matters is a new television show that debuted yesterday on Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s youth-oriented channel, ABC 3.
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Thomasson Wins APA Sanders Book Prize
Amie Thomasson, professor of philosophy at Dartmouth College, is the winner of the American Philosophical Association‘s 2017 Sanders Book Prize for her book, Ontology Made…
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Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links, collected and numbered for your convenience.
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Being A Woman In Philosophy: Then and Now
From an essay about, among other things, the interplay between philosophy’s history and its current practices:
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Philosophers’ Graves Need Restoration
The graves of several philosophers are in need of restoration.
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Virtual Dissertation Groups
Once again, Joshua Smart (Oklahoma) is organizing virtual dissertation groups.
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Wikipedia Needs Philosophers
Wikipedia maintains a list of philosophy articles that need “attention from experts on the subject.”
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Poems on Academia by Felicia Nimue Ackerman
The following is a guest post* of poems, mostly about academia, by Felicia Nimue Ackerman, professor of philosophy at Brown University.
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Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links, collected and numbered for your convenience.
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Mind Chunks (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
Mind Chunks by Pete Mandik
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Philosophy, Science, Real Life, and God
Bas van Fraassen (Princeton) is interviewed by Richard Marshall at 3:AM Magazine. The whole interview is chock full of interestingness. Here are three brief and possibly…
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Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund
Vida Yao, assistant professor of philosophy at Rice University, writes in suggesting that people interested in helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey contribute to the Hurricane…
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Philosophy In A World Of Mass Deception
Our current political situation is so horribly distressing that it is easy to lose sight of even more horrible things that may be on…
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Slight Increase in Philosophy PhDs Awarded, and other Humanities Data
The Humanities Indicators project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has released new data regarding graduate degree completion in the humanities, number of…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the latest from some key online philosophy resources.
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Recent APA Award Winners: Gallegos, Humphreys, Mallon
The American Philosophical Association has named the winners of several awards recently. These include:
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Mini-Heap
Here’s the latest Mini-Heap: 10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links, collected and numbered for your convenience.
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A Timeline Of Philosophical Questions: Content Request
In “The Intellectual Achievement of Creating Questions,” I explained why I thought it would be a good idea for the profession to have a…
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Revisiting “Grad Students: What Would You Tell Your Prof(s), But Can’t?”
About a year ago I asked, “Graduate students, what would you like to tell your professor(s) right now, but can’t?“
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