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Graded Assignments in Philosophy MOOCs
Philosophy professors generally like to assign papers to students. The format of a paper allows the student to exercise certain skills of careful exposition…
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The Where, What, and When of Philosophy Jobs
This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…
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Dale Jacquette (1953-2016)
Dale Jacquette, Senior Professorial Chair in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bern (Switzerland), died this past Sunday. Prior to moving to Bern in…
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Winners of the 2016 APA Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its 2016 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest, sponsored by its Committee on Public Philosophy. The…
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Chaospet (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
Chaospet by Ryan Lake
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When Personal Statement Instructions Differ
A student who is applying for admission to PhD programs in philosophy has noticed that at some universities, what the university’s graduate school asks applicants…
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Snobbery, Outreach, and the Academic
Nancy McHugh, professor of philosophy at Wittenberg University, teaches philosophy in prisons as part of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. These classes are held…
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Ideas for the First Day of Philosophy Class
Many universities start their fall semesters around now, so it’s a good a time—though not as good a time as last week—to ask: “what…
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Return of the Intuitions
The word “intuition” has been deployed with increasing frequency in philosophy over the past 100 years. This may be owed to an increase in philosophers’ explicit reliance…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Another week, another weekly update. Below find last week’s changes and additions to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi.
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A Scientist On Philosophy, The “Thankless Job” That Succeeds Through Superfluousness
[R]egardless of whom you want to assign the task of reaching across the line [between physics and philosophy], presently little crosses it. Few practicing…
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How To Treat Your Fellow Philosophers In Public
Jason Brennan (Georgetown) thinks that facts about public ignorance haven’t been sufficiently appreciated by political philosophers and political theorists. Such facts should temper our…
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The Value of Conferences
The case against philosophy conferences is depressingly formidable. I say “depressingly” because I love philosophy conferences. Here are some of the considerations against them:
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“Ought Experiment” To Return
So the other day, Justin sends me an email: “Hey Louie, do you remember how you used to write personalized advice columns for academics…
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New Blog from the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love
The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love (SPSL) and has started a new blog, Erotes. The blog will feature interviews with SPSL scholars and also occasional…
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To φ Or Not To φ (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
To φ Or Not To φ by Tanya Kostochka
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The League of Notorious Philosophical Arguments
Over at Electric Agora, Daniel A. Kaufman (Missouri State) takes up what may be analytic philosophy’s most notorious argument: G.E. Moore’s proof of an external…
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Essay Prize in Latin American Thought Awarded
The American Philosophical Association (APA has awarded its 2016 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought to Dr. L. Sebastian Purcell (SUNY Cortland) for his “Neltilitzli and the…
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The Success Story of a High School Philosophy Club (guest post by Kirk Wolf)
Last year, I posted about the efforts of the Philosophy Club at Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy to raise money for used textbooks. The…
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Job Market Mentoring for Women
Now in it’s third year, the Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy” matches job candidates with junior faculty mentors who have recently been…
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