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Journal to Begin Featuring Short Philosophical Essays
Res Philosophica, a quarterly academic philosophy journal which normally accepts submissions up to 12,000 words long, has started a new feature that aims to publish “bold, experimental, and original papers that convey a philosophical idea compellingly in the space of fewer than 3,000 words.” (more…)
Jennifer McMahon (1956-2023) (updated)
Jennifer McMahon, professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Adelaide, died this past June. (more…)
A Philosopher’s Role in the Texas A&M Debacle (updated)
Texas A&M University will be paying Kathleen McElroy $1 million as part of legal settlement over the university’s botched efforts at trying to hire her, and then trying to not hire her. (more…)
An Accessible and User-Friendly Argument Mapping App (guest post)
“Argument mapping is about twice as effective at improving student critical thinking as other methods,” writes Jonathan Surovell (Texas State University). However, “there are obstacles preventing philosophy teachers from adopting it.” (more…)
How To Alleviate the Referee Crisis: A Proposal (guest post)
“There are just too many papers for which editors are seeking reviews.” What can be done about that? (more…)
Learning How to Get Your Philosophical Ideas on the Air
Suppose you’re a philosopher, and suppose you have an idea for a philosophical story or segment for a show you listen to or watch. How do you get that idea from inside your head to actually on the show? How do you get on the show? (more…)
Florio from Birmingham to Oslo
Salvatore Florio, currently reader in philosophy at the University of Birmingham, will be moving to the University of Oslo, where he will be associate professor of philosophy. (more…)
Kirchin from Kent to Leeds
Simon Kirchin, currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent, will be moving to the University of Leeds, where he will be Professor of Applied Ethics and Director of the Inter-disciplinary Applied Ethics (IDEA) Centre. (more…)
Utrecht Hires 11 New Philosophers
Utrecht University has hired 11 new philosophers. (more…)
Easwaran from Texas A&M to UC Irvine
Kenny Easwaran, who until recently was professor in the Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, has accepted a position as associate professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine. (more…)
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Perl & Sliwa Win Sanders Metaethics Prizes
The Marc Sanders Foundation named two winners of its 2023 Prize in Metaethics: Caleb Perl (Australian Catholic University) and Paulina Sliwa (University of Vienna). (more…)
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Bad Reviewer Experiences
A couple of years ago, we had a discussion of “Philosophy Journal Horror Stories“. Most of the experiences shared were from the perspective of authors. But authors aren’t the only participants in the academic publishing system with complaints (from which we might, one hopes, learn something). (more…)
New Essay Prize in Honor of Charles Mills
The Journal of Applied Philosophy has created a new essay prize in honor of philosopher Charles Mills (1951-2021). (more…)
Philosopher To Be Appointed UK’s First “Free Speech Tsar”
Arif Ahmed, professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, has reportedly been selected as UK’s first “free speech tsar” by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (more…)
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New Video Archive of Mid-to-Late 20th Century British Philosophers
“Philosophy in the Open” is a new archive of philosophy videos from Open University. (more…)
Lederman Wins Dao Best Essay Award
Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy has given its award for the best essay it published in 2022 to Harvey Lederman, professor of philosophy at University of Texas, Austin. (more…)
Refereeing & Freedom of Information Acts (updated)
As noted in an update to a previous post, philosopher David Wallace (Pittsburgh) has made a request under the UK’s Freedom of Information Act for Oxford University Press (OUP) to provide him with correspondence related to certain publication decisions on recent submissions by Alex Byrne (MIT), Holly Lawford-Smith (Melbourne), and Richard Marshall. (more…)
What It’s Like to Be a Philosopher with Unpopular Views on a Controversial Subject (multiple updates)
“A couple of weeks later, I heard that OUP would not be publishing Trouble with Gender… for the sole reason that ‘the book does not treat the subject in a sufficiently serious and respectful way.’ No errors in the manuscript were identified and… no revisions were allowed.”
Dotson and Siegel Win 2023 Lebowitz Prize
The 2023 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution has been awarded to Kristie Dotson (University of Michigan) and Susanna Siegel (Harvard University). (more…)
Theoria Publishes Recap & Assessment of CNRS Plagiarism Scandals
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) hosted two related plagiarism scandals in recent years. One concerned the serial plagiarism of one of its medieval philosophy researchers. The other concerned the attempted whitewashing of this plagiarism by a CNRS-appointed commission tasked with investigating the plagiarism charges. A recent editorial in th..
Maley & Robins from Kansas to Purdue
Corey J. Maley and Sarah Robins, both currently associate professors of philosophy at the University of Kansas, have accepted job offers as associate professors of philosophy at Purdue University. (more…)
Philosophers On Taylor Swift
Music star Taylor Swift is currently on tour. There have been countless recent articles about her, her popularity, her shows, her music, her wealth, her interactions with other celebrities, and even her fans using an app to make fake audio clips of her talking. What has been missing from all this coverage? Philosophers. Until now. (more…)
Shagrir Wins Covey Award
Oron Shagrir, professor of philosophy and cognitive and brain sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the winner of the 2023 Covey Award. (more…)
A Petition to Pause Training of AI Systems
“We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.” (more…)
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