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  • To φ Or Not To φ (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)

    To φ Or Not To φ by Tanya Kostochka

  • Talking Philosophy With Your Kids

    Philosopher parents: how, if at all, do you talk philosophy with you own children? I don’t give my children philosophy lessons, nor do we…

  • Thanks to This Month’s Advertisers

    Daily Nous thanks March’s advertisers. See the ads in right side bar for: The Public Discourse Project at the University of Connecticut’s Humanities Institute Academic Cross-Training…

  • Analysis Announces New Editors

    Via Ben Colburn (Glasgow): The Analysis Committee is delighted to announce the new editors of Analysis: Joint editors: Chris Daly and David Liggins (University…

  • “Bunny-Drowning” University President Resigns

    Simon Newman resigned from his position as president of Mount St. Mary’s University this afternoon, according to a message posted on the university’s website.…

  • Phones, Minds, States, and Corporations

    Matthew Noah Smith (Leeds) has an article at Slate bringing together philosophy of mind and political philosophy to discuss the United States government’s attempts to…

  • Altmetrics in Philosophy

    An article on assessing faculty activities in The Chronicle of Higher Education (mainly on the controversy concerning the services of Academic Analytics) notes the question of…

  • Jon Altschul (2016)

    Jon Alstchul, associate professor of philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans, has died. Professor Altschul worked mainly in epistemology and philosophy of mind, and…

  • José Benardete (1928-2016) (updated)

    José Benardete, professor emeritus of philosophy at Syracuse University, has died.  The author of three books—the latest was Greatness of Soul: In Hume, Aristotle and Hobbes,…

  • Needed: A Philosophy Cheat Sheet for Scientists

    What is the name of the phenomenon by which someone who is an acknowledged expert in one area is led to be overconfident about…

  • Philosophers in Fictional Works

    James Andow (Reading) has been compiling a list of philosophers in fiction, including novels, films, plays, etc. He says: For no reason in particular,…

  • Departmental Alumni Pages

    Does your philosophy department have an alumni page on its website? I’m not referring to a page limited to PhD placements, but rather one…

  • Philosophy: Top Paid Humanities Major of 2016

    Philosophy majors are predicted to have higher average starting salaries than graduates in any other humanities major, reports the National Association of Colleges and…

  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Philosophers (Ought Experiment)

    Welcome back to Ought Experiment! This week’s question is from a grad student looking for advice on the habits that make one a better…

  • Is this the Golden Age of Philosophy?

    Bryan Frances thinks that there are several indicators suggesting that we’re at the start of a “golden age of philosophy.” These indicators include: Much…

  • Mind Chunks (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)

    Mind Chunks by Pete Mandik

  • Philosophy Talk Wins Templeton for “Philosophical Guide to the Cosmos”

    John Perry and Ken Taylor, professors of philosophy at Stanford University and hosts of the radio program Philosophy Talk, have won a grant from…

  • Interdisciplinarity “Takes Hard Work”

    Don Howard (Notre Dame) has a post up at his Science Matters blog called “On the Pseudoproblem of Interdisciplinarity.” It begins by recounting some of…

  • $1 Million Philosophy Prize: Nominations Open

    The Berggruen Institute’s Philosophy and Culture Center (previously) is now accepting nominations for its one million dollar philosophy prize, to be awarded to “a living…

  • A Movement Against For-Profit Journals

    Is there a burgeoning movement in philosophy to avoid for-profit journals? A professor of philosophy writes: I’ve now met over twenty-five junior and/or rising…