Daily Nous

News for & about the philosophy profession

  • Quantifying the Influence of Prestige

    A new study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers focuses on “who hires whose graduates as faculty” in order to “present and analyze comprehensive placement…

  • List of Shibboleth Names

    The blog “454 W 23rd St New York, NY 10011-2157” provides a “list of shibboleth names”—mispronounced names of cultural VIPs “by which the privileged…

  • Networking and Merit in Philosophical Success

    Critiquing the Philosophy Tag game, commenter “Aspasia,” a tenure-track professor, worries about it “perpetuating the status quo of getting somewhere by networking rather than…

  • Irving Singer (1926-2015) (updated)

    Irving Singer, professor emeritus of philosophy at MIT, has died. He had been at MIT since 1958. The following is from an obituary posted by MIT:…

  • Update from Abbate on McAdams (updated)

    Cheryl Abbate, the former Marquette University philosophy graduate student who had become the target of a smear campaign by associate professor of political science…

  • Stock a High School Library with Philosophy Books

    Which philosophy books would you recommend for a high school library? That is the question currently being asked by Hallie Liberto (Connecticut), on behalf of…

  • The Intellectual Costs of Misconduct (guest post)

    The following is a guest post* from a woman graduate student in philosophy who wishes to remain anonymous. Lately, I’ve been reflecting on the complicated…

  • Philosophy Tag

    In our previous edition of Philosophy Tag, my attempts to get Sarah Conly (Bowdoin) to tag someone’s article failed. She instead tagged someone’s book.…

  • Turing Manuscript to be Auctioned (updated)

    Bonhams, an auction house, is selling an Alan Turing manuscript in New York on April 13th. From the Bonham’s site: A key handwritten scientific document…

  • APA Looking for Blog Editor (updated)

    The American Philosophical Association (APA) will be starting a blog and is conducting a search for its editor: Ha ha ha, APA. Thanks for…

  • Online Conferences: Pros, Cons, Tips

    “I am about to be involved in organizing an online conference and I am interested in how the group mind of philosophy thinks about…

  • Peter Menzies (1953-2015) (updated)

    Peter Menzies, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, has died. Before his appointment at Macquarie, he held positions at the University of Sydney and Australia…

  • Thoughts on Academic Freedom

    It seems to me we need some clarification of the idea of academic freedom, so I am throwing out these thoughts, rather tentatively, to…

  • PhilWiki News

    Shawn Miller (UC Davis) writes in with some news about the good work being done at PhilWiki: Benedict Eastaugh (Bristol) has created PhilMath.net, which…

  • Ludlow’s Lawsuit Against Northwestern Dismissed

    Peter Ludlow’s legal claims against Northwestern University (previously), which included a Title IX claim, defamation and false light publicity claims, and a civil conspiracy claim, have…

  • Great Mishearings

      Originally from here. (from @rickburin on Twitter)

  • More on Innate Talent and Philosophy (updated)

    Alison Gopnik (Berkeley) has written a piece for the Wall Street Journal about the study by Sarah Jane Leslie et al that we discussed last…

  • Marquette Seeks to Fire McAdams

    John McAdams, the Marquette University associate professor of political science who posted demonstrably false and damaging statements about philosophy graduate student Cheryl Abbate and her…

  • Summer Programs for Philosophy Undergraduates

    Here’s some information about two summer programs for undergraduates thinking about continuing their studies in philosophy. First, there’s the 2015 Summer Program for Women in Philosophy:…

  • Posting About New Hires

    I’ve received a couple of inquiries as to whether I’ll be hosting a thread for people to post hires, and the answer is no. Instead,…