Iranian Philosophy PhD Student Reportedly Beaten to Death by Security Forces During Protest
According to Iran International, a Persian news channel, “Iranian PhD candidate Nasrin Ghaderi, 35, who was studying philosophy in Tehran died on Saturday after being beaten by security forces with baton during Friday protests.” (more…)
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (more…)
Venues for Public Philosophy
The Public Philosophy Network (PPN) is putting together a list of venues that publish public philosophy. (more…)
Interview With “Candy Mom” Philosopher
The latest development in “things that make you think our universe is a simulation created for the entertainment of more advanced beings” is that a philosopher is being pilloried online for how she limits her children’s consumption of Halloween candy. (more…)
Philosophy & Others Threatened at Birkbeck (Updated)
The Department of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London may be stripped of up to six faculty members , and other departments face the prospect of similar reductions. (more…)
No Limit to Goodness: Remembering Sarah Broadie (guest post)
“When you manage to pin down a philosophical issue and give it a fully precise answer, often the answer turns out to be boring. Philosophy is just like that. But it also makes possible the most beautiful dreams.” — Sarah Broadie. (more…)
Logic Journal Retracts Two Articles After Refutation in Online Discussion
Studia Logica: An International Journal for Symbolic Logic, recently published and then retracted two articles by Janusz Czelakowski (Opole) following a discussion at MathOverflow, a site for professional mathematicians. (more…)
Mind Chunks
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Thomas Burrus (1984-2022)
Thomas Burrus, instructor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina Aiken, has died. (more…)
Models of Philosophical Thought Experiments
A philosophy professor has launched a project to create 3D-printed models of philosophical thought experiments, along with other open-access materials “designed to teach learners of all ages about the problems of philosophy.” (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
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Found: Five Boxes of New Hegel (updated)
Five boxes of previously unknown transcriptions of lectures by G.W.F. Hegel have been found. (more…)
Philosophy Grad Program Application Info Spreadsheet
An open-access spreadsheet about philosophy graduate program admissions, including relevant links and information about application deadlines, fees, requirements, funding packages, and so on, has recently been updated. (more…)
Teaching Hume and His Racism
“Whenever someone claims that we should not mention Hume’s racism because he was a product of his time we should commit that argument ‘to the flames: for it contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.'” (more…)
Ad Hoc
Brown from UT Dallas to Southern Illinois
Matthew J. Brown, recently professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Dallas, has moved to Southern Illinois University (SIU), where he is the Jo Ann & Donald N. Boydston Chair of American Philosophy and the
Director of SIU’s Center for Dewey Studies. (more…)
Why the History of Philosophy Matters to Philosophy (guest post)
“Studying the history of philosophy can help us see ourselves from the outside and that can help us inhabit philosophy from the inside.” (more…)
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Two Cultures of Philosophy: AI Edition
Up for discussion: the following two claims (along with their presuppositions, ambiguities, etc). (more…)
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Rubin from Notre Dame to Missouri
Hannah Rubin, currently assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has accepted a position as associate professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri-Columbia. (more…)
How Often Are Philosophy Articles Actually Cited? Encouraging News (guest post)
In the following guest post, Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) recounts what he found when, prompted by claims about how infrequently academic philosophy articles are cited, he looked at the citation rates of articles published in a few journals a decade ago. (more…)
New: Journal of NeuroPhilosophy
A new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary journal, the Journal of Neurophilosophy, published its first issue this past summer. (more…)
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Recent Data About Philosophy PhDs
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released some data about people who received PhDs in philosophy in the United States in 2021. (more…)