Daily Nous

News for & about the philosophy profession

  • APA Publication Awards – Updated

    The American Philosophical Association has announced the winners of some recent publication prizes. Sally Haslanger has won the 2014 Joseph B. Gittler Award for…

  • John Brunero (Missouri-St.Louis) to University of Nebraska, Lincoln

    John Brunero, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, has accepted a position with the University of Nebraska…

  • Petition for a Black Philosopher

    We, the undersigned stakeholders in the UCL community and concerned parties-at-large, insist that Professors Michael Arthur (Provost), Jonathan Wolff (Dean of Faculty of Arts…

  • No Muslim Philosophers?

    Hasan Azad, a PhD student in religious studies at Columbia, takes to the pages of Al Jazeera to ask, “why are there no Muslim…

  • A-Level (Pre-College) Philosophy Threatened in UK

    We face a situation where the A Level Philosophy may soon no longer exist such that we can continue to lament its supposed flaws…

  • Analytic Philosophy: unscientific or too scientific?

    We’ve all heard Stephen Hawking claim that philosophy is dead because philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. And we’ve all…

  • Colbert, Pigliucci, and an “African-American Lesbian Android”

    Stephen Colbert has a segment on android rights, and “known European” Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY) shows up towards the end (3:50) to comment. (via Philosophy…

  • Promotions 2013-2014

    It’s spring and many colleges and universities have announced, or will soon announce, who has received promotion to associate or full professor. If you have received a promotion…

  • Most Philosophical 3rd Grader

    Aarti Sabharwal of Virginia was recently named the “Most Philosophical Third Grader in America” as a result of her entry in the national 2014…

  • Moral Injury

    These issues have sparked a relatively new area of research among military ethicists known as “moral injury.” It emerges from experiences when “you apply…

  • Heap of Links

    1. Matthew Burstein has a blog, thought.o.matt, on “academia, media, philosophy, social institutions, teaching, and technology.” Included among the posts are his annotated syllabi…

  • Academic Publisher Tries to Silence Debate on Academic Publishing

    An article in Times Higher Education reports that the editorial board of the journal of Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation, has threatened to resign. Why?…

  • The Philosophy of Jerks / Jerk Moves in Philosophy

    Eric Schwitzgebel explores the philosophy of jerks, particularly the moral and epistemic dimensions of the type. I submit that the unifying core, the essence of…

  • Unger’s New Critique of Analytic Philosophy

    Except when offering perfectly parochial ideas, mainstream philosophy still offers hardly anything except for just so many concretely empty ideas. Peter Unger has a…

  • Scanlon on Inequality

    No one has reason to accept a scheme of cooperation that places their lives under the control of others, that deprives them of meaningful…

  • Turing Test Passed, But Because of Grade Inflation?

    A computer has apparently passed a version of the Turing Test. Eugene Goostman seems like a typical 13-year-old Ukrainian boy — at least, that’s…

  • Philosophy as Preparation for Fatherhood?

    John Kaag (UMass Lowell) holds the surgical scissors and is asked to cut the cord. Time stands still, and he reflects on the relations between…

  • Heap of Links

    1. Churchland vs. McGinn in the New Your Review of Books. 2. The philosophy of mind of the Robocop remake? I’d buy that for…

  • Nietzsche Club Banned at UCL

    The Nietzsche Club was barred from holding meetings at University College London after a ruling that discussions about right-wing philosophers could encourage fascism and…

  • Should Publishers Pay Referees and Authors?

    If academic work is to be commodified and turned into a source of profit for shareholders and for the 1 percent of the publishing…