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News for & about the philosophy profession

  • Journal Rankings — Useful? (guest post by Thom Brooks)

    The following is a guest post* by Thom Brooks, Professor of Law and Government at Durham University’s Law School, founding editor of the Journal…

  • SEP, IEP, NDPR, Wi-Phi Weekly Update

    Here are last week’s updates and new additions to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy(IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi Wireless…

  • Thought Experiments and Philosophical Method

    In an interview at 3:am Magazine, Richard Marshall presses Philip Kitcher (Columbia) on his criticism of a priori, thought-experiment-driven approaches to philosophy. Marshall says that…

  • The SEP Turns 20!

    Philosofriends, we are very fortunate to have the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It is a tremendously useful resource, and apparently it is 20 years…

  • Philosophers Win NEH Grants

    Earlier this week the National Endowment for the Humanities announced funding of $36.6 million for more than 200 humanities projects. How did philosophers do? By…

  • Keeping it Real in Philosophy: an Exchange

    This summer has seen a series of guest posts by Elijah Millgram (Utah) on his new book,  The Great Endarkenment: Philosophy for an Age of…

  • Listing MA Program Placements

    A student has written with a question about how MA programs should list their placements: should the program list all of the PhD programs (or…

  • Philosophy Snobbery and Communication

    Scientists came to realise the media had an important role to play in communicating science. The media could not only inform the public of…

  • What Contemporary Philosophy Should the “Greats” Read? (Updated)

    Suppose you could go back in time to hand a relatively recent work in philosophy to a pre-20th Century philosopher. Who would you visit,…

  • The Dualism of Philosophy’s Purpose

    Professional philosophers don’t present themselves as particularly wise or as people to turn to for advice about how to live. And why should we?…

  • SEP, IEP, NDPR, Wi-Phi Weekly Update

    Below are last week’s updates and new additions to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy(IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), and Wi-Phi Wireless…

  • A Database of Philosophical Ideas

    PhilosophyIdeas is a searchable database of philosophical ideas compiled by Peter Gibson and built by Martin Berry. Users can search and sort ideas by theme, author, and…

  • We Are Not Human Individuals

    Unbeknownst to many people, our emotions, cognition, behavior, and mental health are influenced by a large number of entities that reside in our bodies…

  • Philosophers Object to Heythrop’s Closing (updated)

    The governing board of Heythrop College, a constituent college of the University of London whose mission is “to serve society through philosophy and theology,” met in late…

  • Reforming Refereeing (guest post by Aaron Garrett)

    The following is a guest post* by Aaron Garrett, associate professor of philosophy at Boston University. Professor Garrett recently became editor of the History of…

  • Putting the “Ph” in Science PhDs

    My goal is to put the Ph back into a PhD. I want to restore more philosophical thinking into the doctoral degrees that students…

  • More on the Benefits of Philosophy for Kids

    An increasing number of American children from low-income backgrounds are coming to kindergarten lagging in both academic and non-cognitive skills critical to educational success…. Fortunately,…

  • High School Summer Philosophy Program

    I’ve been teaching high school students a week’s worth of philosophy each summer for the past three years, and I’ve had tremendous success doing…

  • Richard Gale (1932-2015) (Updated)

    Richard Gale, who spent much of his career at the University of Pittsburgh, has died. Gale had also held appointments at NYU, Hunter College,…

  • Student Plagiarism in Philosophy Classes

    Do you use Turnitin or SafeAssign in your courses to help deter and catch plagiarism? It turns out such software is not very good,…