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  • David Fate Norton (1937-2014)

    David Fate Norton, professor emeritus of philosophy at McGill, has died. Professor Norton worked on Hume and other 18th Century British philosophy, especially skepticism…

  • UNC Wins “Excellence and Innovation” Prize

    The Outreach Program of Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has won a prize for “Excellence and Innovation…

  • An Open Letter of Support (guest post)

    The following guest post* is an open letter from John Greco (St. Louis University), Don Howard and Michael Rea (University of Notre Dame), Jonathan Kvanvig (Baylor…

  • Nussbaum on Stalkers, the Internet, the Law, and Medication

    “Like a surprisingly large proportion of Americans, I have a cyberstalker.” So begins Martha Nussbaum’s lengthy and wide-ranging review, in The Nation, of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace by Danielle…

  • Hilary Putnam Wins Rescher Prize

    The University of Pittsburgh Department of Philosophy has awarded the 2015 Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy to Hilary Putnam, Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard…

  • Harry Shearer and Gillian Anderson Voice Philosophy Series

    BBC 4 Radio is releasing a series of animations on assorted philosophical topics as a spin-off of its History of Ideas program. Among those doing the…

  • Does Philosophy Make Us Better People?

    Someone posted at the Philosophy Metametablog recently the following excerpt from an interview with Nicholas Rescher (Pittsburgh) conducted by Charlie Hobbs (Texas State) and published in Kinesis which seems worth discussing, particularly in…

  • Student Indemnification

    Inside Higher Education has an article on universities indemnifying students who file charges of sexual assault and harassment for lawsuits from those they are accusing. The…

  • The Fragmentation’s Disvalue

    Over the summer, Nicholas Rescher (Pittsburgh), in his capacity as executive editor of American Philosophical Quarterly, published a brief editorial entitled “Growing Pains” (vol. 51,…

  • A Case of Extensive Plagiarism (guest post) (updated)

    The following guest post* provides evidence that Mahmoud Khatami, a professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran who is well-known and widely-celebrated in Iran,…

  • Group Work in Philosophy Class

    Here are problems with group-work that I have observed or heard about multiple times from students: the members of the group (unless the group…

  • Barnett Sues CU-Boulder for $2m (updated)

    David Barnett, whom the University of Colorado is moving to fire (previously), is suing the university for $2 million, claiming that university Chancellor Phil DiStefano…

  • More on Funding & Philosophy

    A couple of weeks back we discussed questions related to funding and philosophy in the context of Daniel Dennett’s review of a recent book…

  • Science, Humanities, and the Mind

    Last week, Susanna Siegel and Steven Pinker (both of Harvard) participated in a debate  about the role of the humanities and the sciences in the…

  • Philosophy Family Tree

    The Philosophy Family Tree [see update for new link] is a collectively edited “genealogy” of philosophers that maps the dissertation advisor – advisee relationship…

  • Leslie Armour (1931-2014)

    Leslie Armour, professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa and research professor at Dominican University College, has died. Professor Armour worked in metaphysics, philosophy…

  • Philosopher Named “MVP”

    Chris Surprenant, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of New Orleans, is one of three winners in a nationwide “Most Valuable Professor” competition…

  • Causes of Deaths of Philosophers

    Maintained by Hugh Mellor but apparently last updated in 2005, the Causes of Deaths of Philosophers website humorously speculates about, well, the causes and…

  • Brilliant Combination of Teaching and Outreach (updated)

    Mount Holyoke philosophy professor Thomas Wartenberg and College President Lynn Pasquerella co-teach a course called “Philosophy for Children.” An article at masslive.com describes it: As part of…

  • Reference Management Apps

    Philosophers, I have been asked to ask you all about reference manager / bibliographic software, such as Endnote, Qiqqa, Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Do you use…