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Why Do Philosophy PhD Programs Even Exist? (guest post)
What is the point of a philosophy PhD program?
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Summertime
Summer is here, and with it, a slightly slower pace of news.
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APA Election Results
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the results of its recent election.
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Philosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species
“The Return of the Dire Wolf” announced Time magazine—not quite correctly, it turns out—in its article on the creation of three creatures genetically engineered into…
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Momtchiloff Consulting for Lex Academic
Peter Momtchiloff, who retired from his long-held position as philosophy editor at Oxford University Press at the end of 2023, has been brought on…
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New Editorial Team at Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
After serving for over two decades, Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis) and Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen) have stepped down as co-editors-in-chief of Phenomenology…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes…
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AI and the Ecological Accomplishment of Literacy
“While contemporary discussions often focus on what we read or how we teach reading, the deeper truth is that literacy itself is an astonishingly fragile achievement.”
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Philosophers and Anthropic’s Claude
A philosophy professor writes in sharing some news about the “character” and “well-being” of Anthropic’s LLM, Claude, noting how philosophers have been involved with…
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New Philosophy Outreach Program: Philosophy Smash
A philosopher at the University of Birmingham, Henry Taylor, has a new philosophy outreach program.
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APA Publishes “Good Practices for Improving Representation in Philosophy Departments” (updated)
“One thing that has become clear over the course of many discussions is that almost every thoughtful reader will find something to object to…
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A Way Analytic Philosophy Is More Accessible than Other Humanities?
Philosopher Samantha Brennan (Guelph) is the daughter of bakers who emigrated from Northern England to Canada, and who never went to college.
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Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025)
Alasdair MacIntyre, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, well-known for his work in moral and political philosophy,…
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Singer Makes Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People Shaping the Future of Giving”
Time magazine has included philosopher Peter Singer in its “Time 100 Philanthropy 2025,” its list of “the 100 most influential people shaping the future of…
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An Affectionate but Clear-Eyed Close-Up of Parfit
Derek Parfit: His Life and Thought, a collection of essays by people who knew him, edited by Jeff McMahan, was published a couple of…
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