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Teaching College Students Basic Studenting
Do you take time to teach your lower level students basic student skills? How do you do it?
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A Few Reminders about Commenting Here
Hi folks. I recently had to take steps to block a commenter, and it struck me that it might be a good idea to…
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On Writing for Pay
Some philosophy professors, on top of all the work they do for the universities at which they’re employed, write public philosophy, and sometimes such…
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Kurth from Clemson to Georgia
Charlie Kurth, currently Professor of Philosophy at Clemson University, will be moving to the University of Georgia.
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Anthony Kenny (1931-2026)
Anthony Kenny, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Oxford, well-known for his work on the philosophy of mind and history of philosophy,…
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Faculty Sues University over Plato-Banning Policy
Texas A&M is being sued by a group of professors and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas over a policy that led to,…
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Kershnar Case Moving to Trial Phase
In 2022, Stephen Kershnar, distinguished teaching professor of philosophy at SUNY Fredonia, was told by his university president, Stephen H. Kolison, Jr., that he…
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International Students & Conservative Students: How Are They Doing In Academic Philosophy? (guest post)
“Conservative and international students face different challenges: one feels forced to self-censor while the other reports fewer job opportunities. No significant impact on employment…
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New: Journal of Mathematical Philosophy
The Journal of Mathematical Philosophy is a new open-access journal.
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David Berman (1942-2026)
David Berman, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin, has died.
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How to Flirt at a Conference: a Harm Reduction Post (guest post)
A year ago today, I put up a guest post by a philosophy professor writing under the pseudonym “Alex Rails”.
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Graduate Admissions in the AI Era
Are applicants to your graduate program using AI to create their admissions materials? Do you know? How? And what, if anything, should your department…
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Does Your Department Have an AI Policy? Here’s Edinburgh’s
[Originally published on May 27, 2026. Reposted by request.] Has your department instituted an AI policy? If so, whom does it govern, and what…
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AI & Philosophy Readings for Undergraduate Courses
Artificial intelligence is relevant to so many philosophical subfields, and its increased presence in our lives makes it a ripe topic to cover in…
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Online Philosophy Resources Monthly Update
Here’s (usually weekly, but during the summer, monthly) report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and…
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If You Think You’re Refereeing an AI-Written Submission, What Should You Do?
You’re refereeing a paper and you come to suspect it was substantially and/or illicily written by an LLM. What should you do?
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University of Wyoming to Drop Philosophy Major
As for Fall 2027, incoming students at the University of Wyoming will no longer be allowed to major in philosophy.
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Thomas E. Hill, Jr. (1937-2026)
Thomas E. Hill, Jr., professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has died.
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