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

    The latest edition of Philosophical Percolations‘ “Saturday Linkorama” is up. As usual, thanks to a special arrangement with the crew there, I present below a sample…

  • Philosophy Via Facebook?

    Popular essays, fictions, aphorisms, dialogues, autobiographical reflections and personal letters have historically played a central role in philosophy. So also have public acts of…

  • Peter Manchester (1943-2015)

    Peter Manchester, a philosopher at Stony Brook University (formerly SUNY Stony Brook), has died. Professor Manchester started at Stony Brook in 1980 and worked in…

  • A Prospective Grad Student Says “No Thanks”

    I am not sure what I expected when I applied to PhD programs. But when April rolled around, I began to ask myself what…

  • APA Announces Recent Award Winners

    The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the recent winners of four honors: Carol Gould (CUNY Graduate Center) has won the 2015 Joseph B. Gittler Award for…

  • Using Comedy Clips in Philosophy Class

    This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…

  • Humility in Philosophy

    Because the views we espouse are always open to objections and disagreement, our practice at its best nurtures in the philosopher a capacity to…

  • Is Philosophy Too “Stupid” For Women? (updated)

    Women in Philosophy: What Needs to Change?, a collection of essays edited by Katrina Hutchison (Macquarie) and Fiona Jenkins (ANU), is reviewed by David…

  • Fallacy Ref Calls It

    Fallacy Ref is the creation of Glen Welch, a performing arts critic for Red Publication. It’s “a series of image macros featuring an NFL referee calling…

  • Faculty Evaluations of Graduate Students

    How does your department evaluate graduate students as they progress through the PhD program? One common method is an annual letter from the department to…

  • Philosophy “Changes the Subject”

    Much of philosophy simply changes the subject when it brings the world under its analysis. That is Nellie Wieland (CSU Long Beach) in her…

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    Daily Nous is supported by caffeine and advertising revenue, so please buy me a coffee next time you see me, and also check out…

  • The “Social Harm” of Philosophy

    While once I used to think that professional philosophy was a place where it would be easy to do no social harm, I have…

  • The Research about Student Evaluations of Teachers

    We’ve discussed student evaluations of teachers here before, focusing on the various problems associated with them. Yet the picture may be more complicated. Elizabeth…

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

    The new edition of the massive amassing of philosophically relevant links known as the Philosophical Percolations‘ “Saturday Linkorama” is up. As usual, thanks to a special…

  • Philosophers Interview Edward Snowden

    John Perry and Ken Taylor (both Stanford), hosts of the radio program Philosophy Talk, interviewed former NSA analyst Edward Snowden, “the world’s most famous whistleblower”…

  • Benefits of Teaching Philosophy in Primary School (updated)

    A study suggests that teaching primary/elementary school students philosophy may benefit their language and math skills, with those from particularly disadvantaged backgrounds showing the…

  • Microaggressions and Academic Freedom

    Any characterization of the United States as “a melting pot,” for example, is classified in widely used training materials as a microaggression signaling a…

  • Philosophy Syllabi Study Needs Volunteers

    Jennifer Saul (Sheffield) says: “Procrastinate and help women in philosophy!” She elaborates: Have you been meaning to get around to making your undergraduate syllabus…

  • Distance PhD in Philosophy?

    The Philosophy Department at Staffordshire University is advertising a new distance-learning option for its PhD program: Our doctoral programme can now be run on…