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News for & about the philosophy profession

  • T-Shirt Charity Fundraiser!

    Available to order now through Friday: the first (and possibly last) Daily Nous t-shirt! It’s a black shirt, all-cotton, that features a design with a…

  • Oregon Grad Students Warned of Deportation (see updates)

    The University of Oregon administration has told international graduate students that they will be deported if they join the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation strike,…

  • New Hires at University of Oslo

    Herman Cappelen, currently Arche Chair at the university of St Andrews and Director of the Arche Philosophical Research Centre, has accepted a position as professor at…

  • Allen Phillips Griffiths (1927-2014)

    Allen Phillips Griffiths, emeritus professor of philosophy at—and one of the founders of—the University of Warwick, has died.  Professor Griffiths worked in a wide…

  • The Most Disruptive Philosophical Idea

    On the occasion of its 85th anniversary, Businessweek put together a list of the 85 “most disruptive” ideas during the past 85 years. Containing some…

  • Separating Philosophy from Religious Studies and Theology (Updated)

    In research on higher education, philosophy majors, religious studies majors, and theology majors are often grouped together. This is because the questionnaires used to create…

  • New Center for Ethics and Education

    Harry Brighouse (Wisconsin) and Anthony Laden (University of Illinois, Chicago) are launching the Center for Ethics and Education, the chief aim of which is…

  • Bratman wins 2014 Quinn Prize

    Michael Bratman (Stanford) has won the 2014 Philip L. Quinn Prize. The annual prize “is awarded in recognition of service to philosophy and philosophers”…

  • APA Code of Conduct Interim Report (updated)

    The American Philosophical Association’s Code of Conduct Task Force submitted an interim report to the APA’s Board of Officers, and the report was approved by…

  • Mulhall on Philosophy and Culture

    This past October, Stephen Mulhall (Oxford), delivered the Grahame Lock Memorial Lecture, and it contains interesting reflections on philosophy and its significance in the broader culture: Sometimes…

  • Drop in Graduate Applications?

    A philosopher who prefers to remain anonymous has noticed a marked drop in applications to his graduate program and is wondering whether this is part…

  • University of Tehran Statement on Khatami

    The University of Tehran has issued a statement on the plagiarism allegations against Mahmoud Khatami (reported earlier here and here). I have been provided…

  • Open Letter on the Damage to UIUC

    More than three dozen scheduled talks and multiple conferences across a variety of disciplines – including, for example, this year’s entire colloquium series in the Department…

  • Response to McAdams’s Attack on Abbate

    The following is a guest post* from a philosopher who has been in communication with Marquette University philosophy graduate student Cheryl Abbate about the…

  • Being a Philosopher of Color — a New Blog

    A new blog project, What Is It Like to be a Person of Color in Philosophy?, has just launched. From the “about” page: This blog…

  • Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Marquette (updated)

    The Westboro Baptist Church, a bizarre anti-gay cult comprised largely of the extended family of its late founder, is planning to picket on the campus…

  • The Specialty Rankings

    Selections from the 2014 Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR), a controversial ranking of the reputations of PhD-granting philosophy departments, have been appearing at Leiter Reports recently. Parts of the…

  • A Charmed Circle

    The profession runs on reputation — basically the shared perception that you’re a smart guy. But how do you get reputation? Not by having…

  • Jonathan Trejo-Mathys (1979-2014) (updated)

    Jonathan Trejo-Mathys, an assistant professor of philosophy at Boston College, has died. Trejo-Mathys worked mainly in political philosophy and critical social theory. Prior to his…

  • Colorado Won’t Allow Outside Observer at Barnett’s Hearing (updated)

    A faculty group is concerned that David Barnett, the tenured University of Colorado philosophy professor fighting for his job [previously] will not be allowed to…