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  • Moratorium and New Editors at Mind

    Thomas Baldwin (York), the current editor of Mind, writes that the journal will cease accepting new submissions for several months, starting in July, so…

  • Over $1m for the Philosophy of Quantum Gravity

    Nick Huggett (UIC) and Christian Wüthrich (Geneva) have won a $1.1 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to support their project, “Space and Time…

  • What Kinds of Things Count as Philosophy?

    Academic philosophers in Anglophone Ph.D.-granting departments tend to have a narrow conception of what counts as valuable philosophical work. Hiring, tenure, promotion, and prestige…

  • Training Graduate Students in Academic Writing

    The kind of research and writing experience received up until the moment of [PhD] candidacy does not train students to a writing practice where…

  • Philosophers’ Break-Up Letters

    For our entire relationship, I was absolutely and irrevocably miserable. I can see now that you used me purely as a means to an…

  • APA Names Blog Editor

    The American Philosophical Association is starting a new blog later this year and has named Lewis Powell, assistant professor of philosophy at the University…

  • Crash Course: Causation

    A few weeks ago we started a new series of “crash course” posts here at Daily Nous. The idea is borrowed from Natalia Cecire (Sussex): to…

  • Applying Philosophy to Our Prison Problem

    How did the United States go from a country that incarcerated roughly 500,000 citizens in 1980 to one that incarcerates roughly 2.3 million today?…

  • One Philosopher Among New Ford Foundation Fellows

    The 2015 Ford Foundation Fellowships have been announced. Among the winners is Lori Gallegos de Castillo, who received one of the Dissertation Fellowships. Ms. Gallegos de Castillo…

  • Doing It All By Yourself (guest post by Elijah Millgram)

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

  • From The Censor

    One of the benefits of thought experiments and hypothetical examples is that, since the people with which they’re populated aren’t real, you can relentlessly…

  • SEP, IEP, NDPR Weekly Update

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

  • A Guide for US Students Applying for UK Jobs

    A group of rather successful philosophers currently or formerly employed at universities in the UK have put together a guide for students and other applicants from US…

  • A Response to Daily Nous (guest post by Laura Kipnis)

    The following is a guest post* by Laura Kipnis, professor in Northwestern University’s School of Communication. Professor Kipnis wrote an opinion piece for the Chronicle of…

  • APA Division Election Winners 2015

    The American Philosophical Association (APA) recently conducted its division elections. The newly elected officers are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, terms of service begin…

  • NCAA’s Report on Academic Fraud at UNC

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released its report on academic fraud involving student athletes at the University of North Carolina (previously), according to reports…

  • One of the Kipnis Complainants Speaks Out

    The following guest post* is by one of parties who filed a Title IX complaint against Laura Kipnis (Northwestern). The author wishes to remain…

  • Strategies for Keeping Warm in the Classroom

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

  • New Blog on the Ethics of War

    The Ethical War Blog is a new group blog hosted by the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace. The Centre’s Jonathan Parry…

  • Ludlow to Face Hearing; Accuser Regrets Coming Forward

    The Chronicle of Higher Education has a new article (paywalled) on the complaints at Northwestern University regarding Peter Ludlow and the recent discussion of those complaints by Laura Kipnis…