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  • SEP & NDPR Weekly Update

    Below are last week’s updates and new additions to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) and Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. They appear here via special…

  • Philosophy’s Impact (updated)

    The applied philosophy literature is full of insights about practical problems. But in our survey of the literature we find essentially no accounts of…

  • Conference Anti-Harassment Wiki

    The Geek Feminism Wiki, a site aimed primarily at people involved in computing and technology, has a “Conference anti-harrasment” page. Brought to my attention by Maarten Steenhagen (thanks!),…

  • Philosophie sans frontières (guest post by Graham Priest)

    The following guest post* is by Graham Priest (CUNY), and appears here via a special arrangement with Oxford University Press and the OUP Blog, at…

  • Philosopher Attributes Job Loss To Challenging White Hegemony (updated)

    Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman, a research associate with a term appointment at University College London, is claiming that his contract was not renewed “because…

  • Litland (Texas) Wins Sanders Prize in Metaphysics

    Jon Litland (University of Texas, Austin) has won the 2015 Sanders Prize in Metaphysics for his paper, “Grounding Ground.” The prize is given to the…

  • Good Online Philosophy Courses

    A couple of weeks ago I put the entertaining promotional video for “Paradox and Infinity,” an online course by Augustín Rayo (MIT),  in the Heap of Links.…

  • New Group Philosophy Blog

    A new group philosophy blog is up and running. Called Philosophical Percolations, it has seventeen authors on its roster (some familiar from other blogs) and is open…

  • Academics Defend Freedom of Movement

    It is estimated that over 22,000 people have died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to migrate to Europe from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia…

  • Using Initials to Hide Gender

    There is some evidence that women scientists use their first initials, rather than their first names, at a greater frequency than men do in…

  • The Mechanics of Class Participation

    In one of the comments on the recent post about attendance, Chris requests a follow-up discussion on the mechanics of class participation. Some relevant…

  • Are Philosophers Hypocrites?

    “On no issue did ethicists show unequivocally better behavior than the two comparison groups,” the researchers reported. An article in The Atlantic— “The Hypocrisy of Professional…

  • Philosopher Wins Princess of Asturias Award

    Spanish philosopher Emilio Lledó Iñigo has been awarded the 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.  Eight such awards are given annually,…

  • Bringing Philosophy To Elementary School

    Some fifth grade students in Irvine, California are getting an introduction to philosophy some eight years ahead of normal thanks to a new program developed…

  • Attending to Attendance

    Related to yesterday’s post about the differences between professors and teachers is a detailed analysis by Michael LaBossiere (Florida A&M) of his students’ attendance in…

  • Nancy Snow from Marquette to Oklahoma

    Nancy Snow, currently professor of philosophy at Marquette University, has accepted an offer from the University of Oklahoma to become director of its new Institute…

  • The Difference Between Teachers and Professors

    First, I am your professor, not your teacher. There is a difference. Up to now your instruction has been in the hands of teachers,…

  • Karl Schafer from Pitt to Irvine

    Karl Schafer, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, has accepted an offer as full professor of philosophy at the University…

  • On Trolley Problems (updated)

    Robert Paul Wolff, at his blog The Philosopher’s Stone, objects to the use of trolley problems and other stylized thought experiments in which various complications are…

  • Mary Louise Gill Interviewed

    Clifford Sosis continues his very interesting series of interviews with philosophers with Mary Louise Gill of Brown University. There’s a lot in this one,…