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  • Historically, Does Philosophy Flourish During Chaos?

    Anthony Gottlieb, an historian of ideas, journalist, editor, and author, has a new book out called The Dream of Enlightenment in which he makes an…

  • Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

    It’s Monday: time for the round-up of the past week’s additions and changes to  the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi.

  • Philosophers: Stop Being Self-Indulgent and Start Being Like Daniel Dennett, says Daniel Dennett

    Daniel Dennett (Tufts) does seem to say that, but the real topic of this post is the good question he raises about how to figure…

  • Why Philosophy? (Guest Post By Ken Taylor)

    The following is a reposting of a piece that originally appeared at Philosopher, a site run by Meena Krishnamurthy (University of Michigan). The author is Ken…

  • Illustrations of Logicians

    I’ve previously linked to some of the line art portraits by graphic designer Matt Leadbetter that the Open Logic Project commissioned. Well, now there are…

  • University of Chicago Issues Massive Trigger Warning

    Joining the apparent trend of schools and professors alerting students to the prospects that they will be encountering material they may find upsetting, the University…

  • 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…

  • 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    This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Chaospet (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)

    Chaospet by Ryan Lake

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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:

  • “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…