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Enormous Open Access Phenomenology Project
A new project—The Open Commons of Phenomenology—aims to provide an open access digital platform for “the entire corpus of phenomenology,” including canonical texts, research related…
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Brian Epstein Wins the APA’s Gittler Award
Brian Epstein, associate professor of philosophy at Tufts University, has been awarded the 2016 Joseph B. Gittler Award by the American Philosophical Association (APA).
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Your Experience With Grants
On the comment thread to the recent “Money for Philosophers” post, Chris Surprenant (University of New Orleans) wrote: This is a nice resource, but it…
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Site Layout Issues
Yesterday morning, some changes were made to the layout here at Daily Nous (most visibly, some of the advertising slots were moved around). Some people…
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The Costs of Publishing Principia Mathematica (guest post by Landon D. C. Elkind)
The following is a guest post* by Landon D. C. Elkind, a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Iowa. At the Bertrand Russell…
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Allegations of Ideological Policing via Refereeing
The refereeing of academic papers in philosophy has its share of problems. Is one of them ideological policing? That is an allegation made by…
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The Focus on Minutiae
Clifford Sosis (Coastal Carolina) has published a new interview at his What Is It Like To Be A Philosopher? site, this time with Florida State…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
What’s new this past week at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi:
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Benhabib on Pogge (Updated with Clarification from Benhabib)
The German newspaper, Zeit, has an article on the recent allegations of sexual harassment and other unprofessional behavior against Thomas Pogge. In it, Seyla Benhabib, Pogge’s…
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Friendly Fire & Fiery Friendship: the Tenor of Philosophy Conversation (guest post by Joshua A. Miller)
The following is a guest post* by Joshua A. Miller (Loyola University Maryland). It is slightly edited version of a post originally published at…
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When, If Ever, Do Scandals Belong On A Scholar’s Wikipedia Page?
The various sexual harassment scandals and other controversies involving some well-known philosophers raise the question of how to determine whether information regarding such events is…
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Money for Philosophers
I’ve been asked whether there is a good online resource listing grants and fellowships for which philosophers would be eligible. It turns out there…
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Interestingly Wrong
In a Facebook discussion about yesterday’s “Traits of the Greats” post, Liam Kofi Bright, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University, offers the following take…
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Competition: Philosophy Through Short Story
To encourage philosophical engagement with the public, the American Philosophical Association (APA) is funding a “Philosophy Through Fiction” short story competition.
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Traits of the Greats
What are the traits of great philosophers? Matthew Hammerton, a PhD student at Australian National University, came across a passage by Cambridge University mathematician Timothy Gowers about…
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Artistic Impressions of Academic Talks
The art of the academic talk takes on a different meaning when looking at the drawings and paintings of Kaća Bradonjić. Dr. Bradonjić is wrapping up…
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Kagan on Pogge
The Huffington Post’s Tyler Kingkade has interviewed Shelly Kagan, who was chair of the philosophy department at Yale when Thomas Pogge was hired. In…
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A Taxonomic Map of Philosophy (Updated with 5-layer Version!)
Some people go to PhilPapers, get the information they need, and then just go. Not Valentin Lageard, a graduate student in philosophy at Université Paris-Sorbonne. The Categories…
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Chaospet (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
Chaospet by Ryan Lake
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