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  • X-Phi Grad Programs Wiki

    Another grad program wiki is up — this time for experimental philosophy. It was put together by Joshua Knobe and Christian Mott (both at…

  • Bob Hanna Retires from Colorado

    Bob Hanna retired on December 31st from his position as professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. Hanna had been “suspended without pay for…

  • Philosophy of Police Violence and Mass Incarceration

    Lisa Guenther, associate professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University, has developed a new philosophy course, “Police Violence and Mass Incarceration,” which she will be…

  • Laptops, Tablets, and Phones in the Classroom

    I settled on my New Year’s resolution while giving a lecture to 85 masters students. It was one kid who unintentionally suggested the idea. He was…

  • Government Attempts to Interfere in Universities in Macedonia

    Students and faculty in Macedonia have been protesting attempts by the government there to impose state-supervised exams for university graduates. Response to faculty involvement in the…

  • UNC Trying to Fire Jan Boxill

    The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is trying to fire philosopher Jan Boxill for her role in widespread academic fraud at UNC, according…

  • Bye, 2014

    I wasn’t quite sure how to wrap up the year. A parody of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”? Too cheesy. A video montage of…

  • Philosophy To Be Taught In Ireland’s Secondary Schools

    Philosophy will become a part of the secondary school curriculum in Ireland, according to an announcement by Minister of Education Jan O’Sullivan, reported in…

  • Eduardo Mendieta (Stony Brook) to Penn State

    Eduardo Mendieta, currently professor and chair of philosophy at Stony Brook, will take up a position as professor of philosophy at Penn State, starting…

  • Theory of Jerks

    The jerk himself is both intellectually and emotionally defective, and what he defectively fails to appreciate is both the intellectual and emotional perspectives of…

  • Is Bio-Medical Ethics Failing?

    What medical ethics needs is more and better philosophy—and a return to the adventurousness and originality of its pioneering days. There have been successes—euthanasia…

  • Philosopher is State-Level Winner in Professor of the Year Contest

    Karen Hornsby, associate professor of philosophy at North Carolina A&T, has been recognized by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the…

  • Overheard at the 2014 APA Eastern / Open Thread

    This could be a terrible idea. Let’s find out! Any and all attendees of the 2014 APA Eastern are welcome to post their observations,…

  • Leiter Threatens Jenkins & Ichikawa with Legal Action (updated)

    Jonathan Ichikawa (UBC) reports that he and his wife, Carrie Jenkins (UBC), have received from a Toronto lawyer a notification that Brian Leiter (Chicago) is…

  • Brandom Wins Prize

    Robert Brandom (Pittsburgh) has been awarded the Anneliese Maier Forschungspreis by the Humboldt Foundation. The Foundation awards the prize each year to three or four people…

  • This Year in Philosophical Intellectual History

    This fall, one of the most powerful institutions in the field of philosophy in this country began to collapse… In “The Rise and Fall…

  • New Hires at Western Ontario

    The University of Western Ontario Department of Philosophy has made two new hires. Timothy Bayne, currently at the University of Manchester, has accepted a…

  • Lack of Political Diversity: A Problem?

    In a recent paper, a group of social psychologists—Jonathan Haidt (NYU), José L. Duarte (ASU), Jarret T. Crawford (College of New Jersey), Charlotta Stern (Stockholm), Lee Jussim (Rutgers ),…

  • 20th Century Continental PhD Programs Wiki

    The latest addition to the set of informational wikis about the strengths of PhD programs is on 20th Century Continental Philosophy. Developed by Noëlle McAfee…

  • Philosophers from Poverty 2: Suggestions

    The post, “Philosophers from Poverty,” is still growing, with a range of interesting, informative, and often moving accounts of the lives of philosophers from…