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  • UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) & Philosophy

    A few days ago, the results from the UK government’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise were released. I suspect that a lot of…

  • The Most Impressive Philosopher You’ve Met

    Philosophy Bites has compiled the answers philosophers have given to the question, “Who is the most impressive philosopher you’ve ever met?” I am listening…

  • Statement from Colorado’s Tenured Women Philosophers

    The tenured women philosophy professors at the University of Colorado—Carol Cleland, Alison Jaggar, Mi-Kyoung “Mitzi” Lee, and Claudia Mills (emeritus)—have jointly authored a statement…

  • Woody Allen, Please, No

    On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with…

  • Philosophers from Poverty

    The announcement of the UPDirectory has prompted a number of comments about a category not included among its underrepresented groups: philosophers who grew up…

  • Philosophy as Bad Science?

    Somewhere along the line many physicists have come to believe that it must be possible to formulate a theory without observational input, based on…

  • New App Brings APA Eastern Into 21st Century

    The American Philosophical Association (APA) has partnered with Guidebook to make a mobile app for its Eastern Division meeting later this month. The old paper…

  • Directory of Philosophers from Underrepresented Groups

    The UPDirectory is a new website that provides a directory of philosophers from traditionally underrepresented groups in philosophy. From the site: The purpose of…

  • James Murphy (not Tooley) on “The Colorado Sex Scandal” (corrected & updated)

    CORRECTION: It appears that, contrary to what I initially posted, Professor Tooley did not write the report mentioned in this post. I was provided a…

  • Philosophers Gift Guide

    I thought Daily Nous should get in on the year end list action. But what would be a good list? Top philosophy blog posts?…

  • 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…