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  • The Best Philosophy Articles on Race and Gender

    The selections for the latest Philosopher’s Annual, which takes as its goal “to select the ten best articles published in philosophy each year—an attempt…

  • Ignorance “Justifies” Ignorance (More on Non-Western Philosophy)

    It is… worth inquiring why classical Chinese philosophers are not especially influential in contemporary U.S. philosophy. One possibility is historical accident: Because the dominant…

  • Hiring and “Unofficial” Information

    The recent story about East Carolina’s offer to Colin McGinn has generated a variety of reactions, some of which concern what kinds of information…

  • More on McGinn’s Offer

    The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on East Carolina’s offer to McGinn (previously). The article confirms the earlier report, saying “The philosophy department had chosen…

  • More on the Homogeneity of Philosophy

    Continuing on the theme of the homogeneity of philosophy: I strongly believe that it is central to a thorough education in the human sciences…

  • McGinn Offered Visiting Professorship

    Colin McGinn, who left the University of Miami last year amid allegations of sexual harassment, was recently offered a one-year Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Department…

  • Protevi on Salaita on TV

    John Protevi (LSU), who has been leading the contingent of philosophers protesting the University of Illinois for its decision to rescind an offer to…

  • Heap of Links

    1. Do athletes need more philosophy? 2. Bertrand Russell plays himself, being interviewed, as part of a 1967 Bollywood movie. A Buddhist monk explains, and…

  • Philosophy Banned in Northern Syrian City

    The Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist group has banned the study of philosophy and chemistry in schools in the northern Syrian city of al-Raqa…

  • Heap of Links

    1. Nicholas Kristof, writing in The New York Times, defends the value of the humanities by explaining how he has been affected by the…

  • The Homogeneity of Philosophy

    In my own department, I tried to stimulate discussion about what could be done to increase diversity. The faculty and my fellow graduate students…

  • On Moderation

    Here at Daily Nous, comments are moderated. Over the past several months, I have heard some complaints and received some questions about the moderation here,…

  • Confusion

    “It seems that, if you just present the correct information, five things happen,” he said. “One, students think they know it. Two, they don’t…

  • Updated Contemporary Moral Problems

    Many colleges and universities offer a lower-level course on “contemporary moral problems” or “ethics and social issues.” These courses typically include topics like free speech,…

  • The Top 267

    Eric Schwitzgebel (Riverside) has combed through the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy to learn the names of the 267 most-cited contemporary philosophers in it. Are…

  • ‘Misunderstands’ is not an option

    Here at Daily Nous we are committed to using self-selected responses to simple internet polls as a method for investigating the important issues in…

  • Philosophy Tag

    In our last round, Charlie Kurth (Washington University in St. Louis) was tagged by Gillian Russell (Washington University in St. Louis), a tag that was geographically…

  • APA Seeks Chairs and Commentators for 2015 Central

    If you are interested in volunteering to chair a session or respond to a paper at the 2015 Central Division Meeting of the American…

  • APA Prizes Announced

    The American Philosophical Association has announced the winners of a few of its prizes: 2014 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought was won by…

  • Philosophy Majors and the GRE 2011-2014

    ETS has released data showing how well people perform on the GRE, sorted by intended area of graduate study. Once again, prospective philosophy graduate…