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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…

February 9, 2015
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…

February 9, 2015
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…

February 6, 2015
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…

February 6, 2015
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…

February 5, 2015
Great Mishearings

Originally from here. (from @rickburin on Twitter)

February 5, 2015
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…

February 5, 2015
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…

February 5, 2015
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:…

February 4, 2015
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,…

February 4, 2015
Hobbies of Philosophers: Meg Wallace

For the second installment of our Hobbies of Philosophers series, I talked with Meg Wallace (Kentucky). Meg works on metaphysics and philosophy of language,…

February 3, 2015
APA Solicits Code of Conduct Suggestions

Last year, the American Philosophical Association (APA) appointed a task force to determine whether a code of conduct for professional philosophers is warranted. The task…

February 3, 2015
Guarding the Guardians (or Editors) (3 updates)

The reason your paper is listed as ‘editor assigned’ is that I’m going to review it myself. In the wake of the recent discussion here…

February 2, 2015
Philosophy as a Way of Life

Stoicism, of course, may not appeal to or work for everyone. It is a rather demanding philosophy of life, where your moral character is…

February 2, 2015
Banning the Guilty?

A philosophy professor who wishes to remain anonymous writes in with the following question: If a member of the philosophical profession has been found…

February 2, 2015
Yik Yak Yuck

Margaret Crouch, a philosophy professor at Eastern Michigan University, was team-teaching a large group of students with two other professors, while, unbeknownst to the…

February 2, 2015
Philosopher’s Index Upping Its Game

The Philosopher’s Index, an academic philosophy database available through the libraries of many universities and colleges, is rolling out a service that contains not merely…

January 30, 2015
For the Money

Graduates with philosophy degrees have “higher earnings potential than many other arts and humanities-related fields,” said TheRichest. Payscale reports midcareer median salaries are $84,000…

January 30, 2015
Why Are So Many Philosophers of Religion Theists?

72.8% of the 3226 philosophers who took the PhilPapers survey in 2009 said that they accept or lean towards atheism. Among philosophers of religion,…

January 30, 2015
Philosophers Talk Football

Hey, so, uh, the Superbowl…. That’s all I got, but feel free, folks. (images from Academic Coach Taylor)

January 30, 2015

Heap of Links

“Collective beliefs… are both ubiquitous and highly consequential constituents of the social world” — Margaret Gilbert's 2024 Presidential Address at the Pacific APA
“The apostle of ignorance” — Cass Sunstein's short book on Hayek for the Cambridge Elements series is open access through December 9th
“Equality talk can feel so disorienting! Even among philosophers, it consistently promises more than it delivers” — some clarity might come from looking at the concept's history, argues Teresa Bejan
We’re trained to anticipate objections and couch our claims in caveats, but is that what today’s communication context calls for? — "The caveat is dead," says Joshua Miller
“[H]ow quickly… we get from wanting (of course rightly) to protect women and girls from violence—to actually imposing a new risk of violence upon them” — Sophie Grace Chappell writes to JK Rowling
Is pervasive substantive philosophical disagreement evidence for skepticism about philosophy? — "What kind of skepticism?" asks Duncan Pritchard. Pyrrhonian or Academic?
Some authors of articles published in philosophy journals are not disclosing that they used AI in writing them — and they should, says Amos Wollen
It took a philosopher who was a medical doctor to argue for the social utility of vice. Why? — John Callanan and Blain Neufeld discuss Bernard Mandeville, "the wickedest man in Europe"
“The technologies with which we are increasingly interconnected lack the complex interiority required for real intelligence to arise” — Melanie Challenger on how GPS, AI, etc. threaten bodily intelligence
“The path to becoming a researcher seemed shrouded in mystery; academia felt like a distant realm” — Markus Schrenk shares his journey from first-gen college student to successful, prize-winning philosophy professor
“It’s not as though my… research is informed by my politics. I feel it’s the other way around. My politics is informed by my research” — Lea Ypi is interviewed about politics and universities
Critic: “You, ChatGPT, are a bad Bayesian. Rather than assess an interlocutor’s counterargument as better or worse than expected, you tend to just agree with it.” — ChatGPT: "You're right"
“We have a real need to be needed. And yet many forces… appear to be making us feel redundant. Are we building a world in which no one is particularly necessary? Do we already live in such a world?” — Joshua Rothman on being needed
Dreams can come true it can happen to you — if someone forgets to renew a software license
Explanations are “mental acts, not just facts” — Chaz Firestone looks at Tania Lombrozo's new book on explanation
“What shape is this paradox?” sounds like a category mistake — but mathematicians have an explanation for why the Condorect Paradox is in the shape of a Klein bottle
“The tragedy is that many people today are deprived of both good company and good solitude. They do not feel truly met by others, and they do not feel at home in themselves” — Amir Zadnemat on loneliness (via The Browser)
Is metaphysics about looking for some kind of fundamental level? Does reality come in levels? If so, do they stand in relations of fundamentality? Might it be levels all the way down? Why down? — Kit Fine and Timothy Williamson debate metaphysics
“Real relationships with people are what’s good for us. And if we don’t get that, even if we don’t know we don’t get it, it’s still bad for us.” — Valerie Tiberius is interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio about the limits of AI "friendship"
Kant thought the indigenous people of the Americas were a race “too weak for hard work, too indolent for assiduous labor and unsuited to any cultivation” — but, as Arnaud Pelletier notes, that not what his source said. So why did Kant say it?

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Chris Surprenant on David Lyons (1935-2026)
David was one of my doctoral supervisors and we also played squash together frequently while I was at BU. He was one of the kindest and most thoughtful…
Meme on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
“it’s deeply cringe” grown ass man
Knibbe on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Coming from the former Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy–it must be right! (I kid, I kid.)
Knibbe on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Dude, no one knows what this even means! I'm not going to look up what "gamergate" is. If you're trying to "dunk" on someone, you need to use…
Daniel Weltman on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
My advice is the same. I work on gender and I am not gender critical (indeed, I am opposed to them) but my view is certainly closer to…
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
I'm not sure that I would describe someone who had the backing of her university, the union, and every ignorant bystander who thought that the issue was somehow…
Daniel Weltman on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
I believe it would do almost immeasurable good for the health of the discipline if two things were to happen: 1) People who are inclined to downplay the…
Jimmy Doyle on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Hasn't this move been retired yet? If you're hounded out of your job — and Kathleen's was a textbook case of this — you've been horribly persecuted, *even…
Holly on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
i can't help but notice the discrepancy between the authors denying that stock was "driven out" of sussex while yet asserting that bettcher was "forced out" of the…
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Reichenbach on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Yes. Many (myself included) had a Damascus moment about the poor health of philosophy when the Tuvel affair occurred. An utter and complete embarrassment for the field.
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
First, describing her views as anti-trans is incorrect. She’s not anti-trans. I believe that is called Wight-washing.
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Colin, yours is very much a "gamergate was about ethics in video games journalism" comment.
Colin Wight on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
It would help if facts mattered. First, describing her views as anti-trans is incorrect. She’s not anti-trans. Second, she wasn’t awarded the OBE for the content of her…
Mahmoud Jalloh on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
How does he do it? Just amazing.

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