Daily Nous

News for & about the philosophy profession

  • Alyssa Ney from Rochester to UC Davis

    Alyssa Ney, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Rochester, will become associate professor of philosophy at UC Davis, starting this July. Professor…

  • David Wallace from Oxford to USC

    David Wallace, currently professor of philosophy at Oxford University, has accepted a position as professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California, starting…

  • Advice on Refereeing Papers

    Three professors have published a brief guide to refereeing papers. Though based in business schools, Jonathan Berk (Stanford), Campbell Harvey (Duke), and David Hirshleifer…

  • John Arras (1945-2015) (updated)

    John Arras, professor of biomedical ethics and philosophy at the University of Virginia, has died. Professor Arras was known for his work in bioethics. Prior…

  • The Lost Women of Modern Philosophy

    A new website aims to provide comprehensive information about women philosophers from the modern era (roughly 1600-1800). Called Project Vox, “the website will be…

  • Children and the Flexibility of the Job

    Professors generally enjoy quite a bit of flexibility regarding when they are on campus or in their office. This flexibility—and the expectation that professors…

  • Promotions 2014-15

    It’s that time of the year when many colleges and universities are beginning to announce who has received promotion to associate or full professor, or to a…

  • Credit Where Credit is Due

    The Campaign for Better Citation and Credit-Giving Practices is a new site aimed at “providing a forum for individuals in academic philosophy to bring to…

  • Daily Nous Turns One

    Tomorrow, March 7th, Daily Nous will be one year old. I’m putting this up today as I hope to spend most of tomorrow away…

  • The Philosophy Shop

    This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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

  • Jan Boxill Resigns

    Jan Boxill has resigned from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, effective February 28th, 2015. Dr. Boxill, who had been implicated in…

  • Reputational Cost of Public Philosophy?

    In his guest post the other day, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong wrote: many top departments today view colleagues with suspicion when they choose to write accessible…

  • Georg Kreisel (1923-2015)

    Georg Kreisel, known for his work in philosophy of math, has died. Prior to his retirement in 1985, Kreisel held appointments at Stanford, the…

  • Live Twitter Chat w/ Timothy Williamson

    Timothy Williamson’s new book, Tetralogue: I’m Right, You’re Wrong, is a philosophical conversation that takes place on a train between four characters. As Catarina Dutilh Novaes…

  • “How could someone be so devastatingly exacting and kind?”

    If your father is a philosopher, then you should expect to lose many arguments. You will never lose “because life isn’t fair,” or because…

  • Hilail Gildin (1928-2015)

    Hilail Gildin, professor of philosophy at Queens College, has died. Gilden worked in political philosophy, publishing books on Mill, Spinoza, and Rousseau. He was…

  • Freiburg Ditches “Heidegger” Chair (2 updates)

    The University of Freiburg, the academic home of Günter Figal—who recently stepped down from the leadership of the Martin Heidegger Society in the wake of the publication of…

  • Creativity and Criticism (guest post by Patricia Marino)

    Patricia Marino is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Waterloo. She works in ethics, epistemology, the philosophy of sex and love, and the philosophy…

  • Research Advice for Non-Native English Speaking Philosophers

    A graduate student in philosophy asks: I really enjoyed the daily habits of routine research post. I am wondering if you could open up…

  • The Prime Directive & Microbes

    In the world of Star Trek, a rule called the “prime directive” prohibits our heroes from interfering in the development of alien cultures. I don’t…