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Columbia Philosophy Outreach Program Wins Award for Excellence & Innovation (updated)
Rethink: A Philosophy Community Outreach Program at Columbia University, has been awarded the 2015 APA/PDC Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs. The aim…
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Do You Act As You Argue? Or Do You Argue for How You Act? (Guest Post by Rivka Weinberg)
“Everybody is somebody’s fault.” That’s the first line of the introduction to The Risk of A Lifetime, the new book by Rivka Weinberg (Scripps), on “how, when, and…
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Nearly $15m For Philosopher-Led Artificial Intelligence Center
The University of Cambridge has received a £10 million (approximately $14.9 million) grant from the Leverhulme Trust to create a new interdisciplinary institution on artificial intelligence and…
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Finishing That Damned R&R (Ought Experiment)
Welcome to the tenth Ought Experiment column, in which I lose my bet with Justin that people would get sick of me well before…
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Books for the Philosophy Newbie
A Daily Nous reader asks: What books would you recommend to someone who’s new to philosophy? What would be your Philosophy 101 book recommendations?…
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APA’s Grad Program Guide Overhauled
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has overhauled its graduate program guide. It used to be an annual publication. Now it is a regularly updated…
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Mind Chunks (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
Mind Chunks by Pete Mandik
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Students On “Philosophers On Drug Prices”
At the end of September, Daily Nous published an installment in the “Philosophers On” series on drug prices, spurred by the sudden increase, from…
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New Public Philosophy Prize
The Marc Sanders Foundation, which already sponsors a number of philosophy prizes, has agreed to sponsor an award for public philosophy: $4500 and publication of the winning essay…
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Nussbaum Wins Quinn Prize (updated)
Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, has won the American Philosophical Association’s Quinn Prize. The…
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Best Philosophy Blog Post of the Year
3 Quarks Daily has opened up nominations for the 2015 edition of its best philosophy blog post or online-only writing contest. The judge this year…
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Philosophers Gift Guide 2015
Last year I waited until mid-December to post the gift guide and tons of philosophers missed out on pencil sharpeners because their loved ones…
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SEP, IEP, NDPR, Wi-Phi Weekly Update
Below are the past week’s additions and updates to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi Wireless Philosophy,…
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Philosophy as Anti-Terrorism Tool
A study from 2010 cites Philosophy for Children among “teaching approaches that help build resilience to extremism among young people.” The study, commissioned by…
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Practical Questions About The Philosophy Curriculum
In a comment on a previous post, What’s “Core” and What’s “Peripheral” in Philosophy—and Why?, Brian Weatherson (Michigan) notes that there are “some practical questions that…
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Philosophers On The Syrian Refugees
Since 2011, over 10 million Syrians have been displaced from their homes, and over 4 million have fled their homeland, seeking refuge from the violence and…
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Late Letters of Recommendation
A philosopher currently on the job market writes in with a query: The philosophers who are writing my letters of recommendation are incredibly overworked.…
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Chaospet (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
Chaospet by Ryan Lake
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The Next Celebrity Spokesperson for Philosophy
The series of brief audio clips by John Cleese on the value of philosophy is making the rounds again, this time courtesy of a post…
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