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Bender from Göttingen to LMU Munich
Sebastian Bender, currently “juniorprofessor” at the University of Göttingen, will be moving to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), where he will be professor of early modern…
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Stephen Daniel (1950-2025)
Stephen H. Daniel, emeritus professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, has died.
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Philosophers Among Recent ARC Grant Winners
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced the recipients of its latest round of large grants, and a few philosophers are among them.
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Prison Experiments with Stoicism Courses for Inmates; Results Unclear
“Violence has plummeted in a Norfolk [England] prison where inmates have been learning Greek philosophy,” the Eastern Daily Press reports. But violence has not plummeted…
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The Personal Value of Conversations Across Serious Disagreement (guest post)
“I know that people are reluctant to voice objections to things I’ve said, not because I’ve given a convincing argument, but because I’m a…
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Against “Throwaway Culture” in Philosophy
Throwaway culture refers to a culture in which the consumption and production of many goods is based on the practice of discarding them after…
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Robeyns Wins Stevin Prize
Ingrid Robeyns, professor of philosophy at Utrecht University and the Chair in Ethics of Institutions at the university’s Ethics Institute, has been awarded the…
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Dover from UCLA to Rutgers
Daniela Dover, associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will be moving to Rutgers University, where she will be…
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Chirimuuta Wins 2025 Lakatos Award
Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh) is the winner of the 2025 Lakatos Award.
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APA Establishes Two New Prizes
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced that it has established two new prizes for papers in two sets of philosophical areas.
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Mini-Heap
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Philosophy at Some Indiana Public Universities Threatened
The Indiana state legislature has passed a budget bill that will have the effect of closing programs at several public universities in the state,…
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Philosophy Departments as Sites of Collective Intellectual Activities: a Decline? (guest post & poll)
Has there been “a marked decline in faculty participation in seminars, colloquia, reading groups, and other intellectual gatherings that once formed the core of…
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Teaching Under Hostile Conditions
“The many sources of harm and hostility we collectively face—as philosophers, as educators, and as humans—seem too numerous to name, let alone to seriously…
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Online Philosophy Resources Monthly Update
Here’s (usually weekly, but during the summer, monthly) report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and…
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Philosophers Among Recent Large ERC Grant Winners
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the winners of its latest round of “Advanced Grants” and several philosophers are among them.
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Philosopher Wraps Cooperation with Trump in Flag of Academic Freedom
Alex Byrne (MIT) has written an op-ed in The Washington Post in which he admits to being one of the co-authors of the US government’s “Treatment…
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Philosopher Resigns from Naval War College in Protest of Trump’s & Hegseth’s Policies
Pauline M. Shanks Kaurin, a philosopher specializing in military ethics, just war theory, and applied ethics, has resigned from her position as the Admiral…
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Mini-Heap
Links to interesting stuff elsewhere. Several of these would have been the subject of individual posts but it’s summer and I’m trying not to…
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Simion from Glasgow to Oxford
Mona Simion, currently professor of philosophy and director of the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, has accepted an offer from…
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