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  • T-Shirt Update and Charity Poll (updated)

    The first ever Daily Nous t-shirt sale is over. An elite group of 38 people with apparently really good taste were lucky enough to…

  • New Political Philosophy Prize

    David Sobel (Syracuse) announces the creation of the Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy: The Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy is a biennial…

  • Creativity, Hierarchy, and Authenticity in Professional Philosophy

    What would motivate a person to write a dissertation prospectus in the manner of Wittgenstein’s Investigations? And what happens when one does? Bharath Vallabha…

  • CU Boulder’s “Reckless” Treatment of Philosophy Department

    Wes Morriston, University of Colorado philosophy professor emeritus, has written an opinion piece in The Daily Camera in which he excoriates the university administration’s…

  • Northwestern U. Student Asks Judge To Reconsider

    The Northwestern University undergraduate whose Title IX lawsuit against Northwestern University, for its handling of her alleged sexual assault by philosophy professor Peter Ludlow,…

  • APA Pacific Hotel Scam

    Michael Brownstein writes in with the following warning: Philosophers: if you are going to the Pacific APA and have reserved a room at the…

  • Philosophers on Torture

    The Report on the C.I.A.’s Use of Torture from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence was released several days ago. As we have occasionally…

  • This is It!

    Today is the last day of the Daily Nous t-shirt sale! As far as I know, this is the only shirt with this fantastic…

  • Marquette: An Update (several updates)

    The Marquette University administration continues to figure out what to do in response to associate professor of political science John McAdams’s unprofessional and harassing…

  • Colorful Fallacies Chart

    The website Information Is Beautiful has put together a colorful chart of over 50 fallacies, sorted into six different categories. Created by David McCandless, it’s also…

  • Philosophy Tag

    So we were busy. But it’s okay. It’s only a game, and that game is philosophy tag. When we were last in session, Michael…

  • Philosophy at Community College

    In the Tusculan Disputations, Cicero famously says, “Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and set her in our cities,…

  • APA 2014 Guide to Graduate Programs

    The American Philosophical Association (APA) has released its 2014 Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy. The guide provides information on faculty, program strengths, placement, financial…

  • The Ethics of Friending in Academia

    In a column at The Chronicle of Higher Education,  David Perry discusses some of the complications for people in academic organizations using social media like Facebook.…

  • Oregon Philosophy Faculty Removed from Courses (Updated)

    “One by one, objecting faculty members are being removed as instructors of record for classes that they teach with graduate teaching fellows or classes…

  • Absolutely Gorgias Shirts

    Maybe that is overstating it, but regardless, the Daily Nous charity fundraiser shirts are still on sale (until Friday). All the profits from each…

  • 2014 Philosophical Gourmet Report Released

    The 2014 edition of the Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR) has been released. The PGR is a reputational survey of a selection of PhD-granting philosophy departments…

  • Famous Philosophy Majors Poster (updated with new link)

    Catherine Nolan, a philosophy graduate student at SUNY Buffalo, has created a great poster featuring names and photos of well-known people who majored in philosophy,…

  • PhD Program Wikis — Information, Not Rankings (updated)

    Shawn Standefer has created a wiki of PhD programs in philosophical logic. It “provides an unranked list of PhD (and (eventually) terminal M.A.) programs…

  • Virtual Worlds and Video Games in Philosophy Teaching

    Do any of you use virtual worlds or video games in your teaching of philosophy, and if so, how? In conversation the other day…