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Reasons You Rejected a Paper

The discussion of journal practices is continuing, but, at the suggestion of Tom Dougherty, I am posting this as a place to gather “frequent…

January 22, 2015
Sexual Misconduct at Arizona State’s Honors College

In light of recent discussions of professor-student sexual relations (here, for example), readers might be interested in learning of about what has been happening…

January 22, 2015
Heap of Links

Daily Nous readership has grown quite a bit over the past few months and it occurs to me that some new visitors may not…

January 21, 2015
Virtual Dissertation Writers Groups, Round 2

Joshua Smart, a philosophy graduate student at the University of Missouri,is once again coordinating virtual dissertation writers groups (previously). He writes: While advisors and…

January 20, 2015
Ancient Scrolls of Philodemus, Carbonized by Vesuvius, Now Readable

Using a technique known as x-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT), a research team in Italy has figured out a way to read the text of…

January 20, 2015
A Closer Look at Philosophy Journal Practices (two updates)

Considering how important the publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals is to a successful career in philosophy, it is expected that curiosity and questions…

January 20, 2015
Germany’s Heidegger Society Chair Resigns (updated)

Günter Figal (Freiburg) resigned his position this past Thursday as chair of the Martin Heidegger Society in the wake of the publication of Heidegger’s Black Notebooks (Schwarze…

January 19, 2015
Lupe Fiasco Hands Off Philosophy Sunday to WiPhi

This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review.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

January 17, 2015
Ruin a Date with a Philosopher in 5 Words

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on a recent twitter tag: #RuinADateWithAnAcademicInFiveWords. There are a few philosophers chiming in. One of the best so far:…

January 16, 2015
A “Nonproblematic” Black Philosopher

Mabogo More, who was recently awarded the Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement award by the Caribbean Philosophical Association, is profiled in the Mail & Guardian. More held…

January 16, 2015
“Raw Intellectual Talent” and Academia’s Gender and Race Gaps

Cultural beliefs and stereotypes that associate men but not women with “raw intellectual talent” can help explain the differing gender gaps across various academic disciplines, according…

January 15, 2015
Philososplainin’ #2: Letting Kids Do Stuff Themselves

Making the rounds this morning is the news of parents who are being investigated for neglect for allowing their children, ages 10 and 6, to…

January 15, 2015
CU Faculty Panel: Barnett Did Not Retaliate Against Student

The faculty panel responsible for reviewing the University of Colorado’s allegations against associate professor of philosophy David Barnett (previously) has concluded that he is…

January 14, 2015
How Do You Want Your Students To Assess You?

Most colleges and universities have students fill out forms to evaluate their instructors’ performance at the end of the term. Semesters are just beginning…

January 14, 2015
The Philosophy of Philosophical Institutions

Robert Frodeman and Adam Briggle (both of the University of North Texas) have published an essay, “Socrates Untenured,” at Inside Higher Ed that makes a case…

January 13, 2015
Mapping Philosophical Arguments

The students sit in pairs at a computer terminal, and after reading Cullen’s synopsis of a particular argument, they try to map it. The…

January 12, 2015
Philosophy: Now Even More Popular in Germany

Philosophy is so popular in Germany right now, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education (may be behind paywall). How popular is it? So popular that at least…

January 12, 2015
Minorities in Philosophy: Data Visualized

Data from 860 philosophers who identified themselves on the UPDirectory (previously) as belonging to minority demographic groups has been analyzed and depicted in various graphs…

January 11, 2015
Lessons for Philosophy from Economists on English?

“Over the last 35 years, less than half of graduated Ph.D. students have gotten tenure-track academic jobs upon graduation. The result is a large…

January 9, 2015
User’s Guide to Philosophy Without Rankings

A User’s Guide to Philosophy Without Rankings is a new site “intended for the use of prospective graduate students in philosophy, faculty (including chairs or…

January 8, 2015

Heap of Links

What is the debate over whether transwomen are women even about? — Katie Zhou argues that it's about which facts are granted "the cross-contextual significance and stickiness characteristic of gender"
We’re putting human brain cells into mice brains — One moral risk of this, says Mackenzie Graham, is a decrease in our ability to interpret what mice behavior tells us about their experiences and welfare
The Rawls Game — with instructions, background, advice, and downloadable character cards
“The central question would shift from ‘How do we maximize shareholder value?’ to ‘How do different forms of organization distribute power, risk and reward — and which should we strengthen?'” — Chris Marquis on the case for abolishing, or at least radically changing, business schools
Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"
Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more
New data on earnings by major and university — though not all universities
“AI poses two different existential threats to [our] valuing practices” — Jordan MacKenzie offers an account of why negative judgments about AI taking over our creative and caring activities are justified
“Submission” is a humorous clicker-style game about starting a career in academic philosophy (or not) — created by Nat Hansen
“The best investment in education is to become the most human human—a challenging, fulfilling, exciting pursuit that connects us across generations” — an interview with Christa Acampora, philosopher and dean of Arts & Sciences at UVA
“What would happen if we tried to live without the mythology of agency at all?” — It's worth pondering, since "agency is just an internal command hallucination," says Alexander Douglas
“Reading List” is a free Mac app for keeping track of papers to read — philosophy PhD student Hayden Kajercline created this productivity tool for researchers, with help from Claude
How should we react to scary predictions about AI? “First: by asking questions” — "If you believe predictions uncritically, it amounts to obeying in advance," says Carissa Véliz

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Animal Symbolicum on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Thanks! I clearly need a healthy dose of anti-cynicism serum.
Russell Marcus on New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”
Part of what motivated this WTP project (and so much of my recent work) is my conviction that a good way to save philosophy is to teach it…
Charles Bakker on A New Tool for Curbing AI Cheating (guest post)
For what it is worth, I am a TA monitoring one of these writing labs as I write this. The possibility of one of the students cheating is…
Kate on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
None of these seem problematic to me in themselves, for what it's worth.
Tenured Realist on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Personally, I'm interesting to responding to changes to how academic work is being done and the overall norms of my professional community. As an individual, we are each…
David Wallace on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Some of “tenured realist”’s examples involved computer generation of text, but not all do.
Sigh on AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
Yeah, I also informed the journal in (both the 'I dont have to time review' form, and in a reply mail to the editor at the journal who…
On the Market Too on New Philosophy of AI Initiatives
What is insidious about examining whether artificial beings can have interests and what weight those interests might have? What is the hidden thing in the "Trojan horse"? Are…
David Thorstad on New Philosophy of AI Initiatives
Sometimes I wish that the discourse on funding like this could stay closer to the middle ground between "this is pure evil" and "any money for philosophy is…
Eno Agolli on Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy
We do a similar thing through CUNY in the heart of Manhattan. Learn more about it here: https://analytic-salon-nyc.github.io/ For an example, see our latest event: https://www.meetup.com/the-analytic-salon/events/316886651/ And we've…
Eric Steinhart on AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
Yes, I've seen this, but not with AI. There are clusters of mutually citing papers on academia.edu and researchgate.net which are clearly fakes. These are produced by "citation…
Gorm on AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
be sure to alert the journal editor immediately. If the journal follows the COPE guidelines they should take further action against the author, which may include contacting the…
Nicolas Delon on New Philosophy of AI Initiatives
The post discloses the funding sources in perhaps more detail than you’d get in a journal publication. No more detective work is required than when you disclose your…
Nicolas Delon on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
No. My job is to teach effectively. If a tool, whether it be AI supported or not, can help me teach more effectively without diminishing my competence then…
DoctorK on AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations
Why would you care about 'meeting the moment' – I simply don't accept that we should accept the intrusion of computer generated text into our field simply because…

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