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  • Help Save Mill’s Library

    There are efforts afoot to preserve John Stuart Mill’s personal library, currently housed at Somerville Library at Oxford University. It is “an extraordinary collection…

  • Philosophers on the Charleston Massacre

    About 9 p.m., the Bible study concludes. As the group prepares to share a concluding prayer, Roof suddenly stands, pulls out a .45-caliber semi-automatic…

  • 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),…

  • “Dirty Tricks” for Seminars and Talks (guest post)

    The following guest post was authored by Josh Parsons, and originally published here on June 19th, 2015. Parsons died on April 11th, 2017. At…

  • Audio of Rawls Lectures Released

    The audio of lectures given by John Rawls to students in his course “Philosophy 171: Modern Political Philosophy” are being made available on YouTube by…

  • 3 Senior Appointments at KCL

    Kings College London (KCL) has made three senior appointments in philosophy—one full-time and two part-time: David Owens, currently at Reading, will join KCL in September. He…

  • Critical Thinking Chair Goes to HAZMAT Specialist

    A few years ago, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) received a donation to create the Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking (previously).…

  • “Learning to Think” — A Virtue Approach

    “If earnings are not a good measure of educational value, then what is? Colleges can’t get away with smug silence on that question any…

  • New Effort to Oust Peter Singer

    “Disability activists have launched a petition demanding Princeton University professor Peter Singer resign over his outspoken support for euthanasia and infanticide,” according to an…

  • $190k in Grants on “The Self, Motivation, and Virtue” Awarded

    The aim of the Self, Motivation, and Virtue (SMV) Project is “to open avenues of inquiry into virtue using the framework of the ‘self,’ instead of…

  • Metaphysics by Forgetting (guest post by Elijah Millgram)

    This is the fourth in a series of guest posts* by Elijah Millgram (Utah) based on themes from his new book, The Great Endarkenment: Philosophy for…

  • Diversity Reading List for Philosophy

    A new website sponsored by the School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at the University of Leeds offers philosophers a way to…

  • Cogito: A New Group Philosophy Blog

    Cogito, a new group philosophy blog, has launched. It currently has a roster of nine philosophers, all based in Australia: Matthew Beard (Australian Defence…

  • Mark Alfano from Oregon to Delft

    Mark Alfano, currently assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon, has accepted an offer from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, where…

  • 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),…

  • APA Issues Letter on Sexual Harassment

    The Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association (APA) has published an open letter on sexual harassment. It is addressed ” first and…

  • Philosophers on Rachel Dolezal (updated)

    Rachel Dolezal, “in recent years… has portrayed herself physically, and on social media platforms, as a woman of black African-American heritage. However, her parents, Ruthanne…

  • Adam Pautz from Texas to Brown

    Adam Pautz, currently associate professor of philosophy  at the University of Texas at Austin, has accepted an offer from Brown University and will be…

  • The Philosophy of Passing

    The story of Rachel Dolezal’s outing as a white woman (insert whatever scare quotes you think appropriate there) is being widely discussed all over…

  • Recent and Ongoing Discussions

    While there’s always something new to talk about, there are some recent posts here at Daily Nous that would benefit from further comments, including:…