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News for & about the philosophy profession

  • Faculty Salary Report

    A large determinant in how much faculty earn is the discipline in which they teach, according to a report at Inside Higher Ed on the salaries…

  • Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

    Below are the past week’s updates to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi Open Access Philosophy Videos.…

  • Philosophers Win NEH Grants

    The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced $21 million in funding awarded to 248 humanities projects. Among them are ten (if I missed any, please…

  • Justin Leiber (1938-2016)

    Justin F. Leiber, retired professor of philosophy at Florida State University, died earlier this week. Prior to joining Florida State, he taught at Lehman College…

  • Prof. Suspended for Mistreatment of Philosophy Grad Student

    Marquette University, based on recommendations from a faculty panel, has imposed a punishment on John McAdams, associate professor of political science at Marquette University,…

  • Getting In Next Time (Ought Experiment)

    Welcome back to Ought Experiment! Today’s letter comes from a student who just struck out on all their grad school applications, and wants to…

  • Do Philosophers’ Personal Lives Influence Their Choice Of Research Topic?

    According to the philosophical training that I received, scholars select their research topics on the basis of an impartial assessment of the scholarly potential…

  • More On Whether Philosophy Has Lost Its Way

    Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, the digital wing of the journal Social Epistemology, has featured an exchange of short articles in the wake of…

  • Mind Chunks (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)

    Mind Chunks by Pete Mandik

  • Irony of the Day: Special Issues and Political Correctness Edition

    Jean-Yves Beziau (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), recently in the news for bizarre remarks he made about political correctness, homosexuality, and the attractiveness…

  • BBC Launches Public Philosophy Program

    The BBC has launched a new program called “The Global Philosopher.” Each episode is a public philosophy session led by Michael Sandel (Harvard) with…

  • Fitelson from Rutgers to Northeastern

    Branden Fitelson, previously Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, is now Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University, as of this morning. Professor Fitelson works in epistemology, logic,…

  • Philosophy Needs Better Marketing

    The plans for growing and diversifying philosophy can’t be a shotgun approach. We need to find places every year where we can advocate and…

  • Doing the Best By Their Opponents

    Which philosophers or philosophical papers do the best at presenting compelling and sympathetic cases on their opposition’s behalf, so that even if you’re unfamiliar…

  • Professors, You Were Not Normal

    Professors, you were not normal. You weren’t normal back when you were an undergraduate, and you aren’t normal now. Even back then, you cared…

  • Philosophy as a Way of Life: The Course

    Philosophers, have you ever taught a course about philosophy as a way of life? Stephen R. Grimm, professor of philosophy at Fordham University, has. During…

  • Poll: Most Preferred Means for Promoting Academic Work

    This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…

  • Editorial Changes at Thought

    The editorial staff at the journal, Thought, has changed. Crispin Wright writes: We wish to record our great gratitude to Jc Beall (Subject Editor for…

  • Issues with Special Issues of Journals

    Special issues often have guest editors, and the procedures for submission and editorial review may vary from those used for standard issues. The recent…

  • Proud Provincialism, Superficial Sophistication

    Among the humanities, philosophy is the field in which provincialism has most successfully disguised itself as a universal and timeless form of inquiry. It’s…