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Kent Administration Approves Proposal to Cut Philosophy
Last summer, and again this past February, the administration of the University of Kent proposed cutting its philosophy program (see here). It has now decided to implement that proposal. (more…)
Fatphobia in Philosophy
How is philosophy hostile to fat people? (more…)
Reviving the Philosophical Dialogue with Large Language Models (guest post)
“Far from abandoning the traditional values of philosophical pedagogy, LLM dialogues promote these values better than papers ever did.” (more…)
Reducing Time to Degree in Philosophy Doctoral Programs (guest post)
The median time-to-degree for a PhD in philosophy in the United States is nearly 7 years. Is that too long? (more…)
Using Generative AI to Teach Philosophy (w/ an interactive demo you can try) (guest post)
Philosophy teachers—Michael Rota, a professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), is about to make your teaching a bit better and your life a bit easier. (more…)
Are Your Students Doing The Reading?
And if they’re not, what can be done to get them to do it? Or is that the wrong way to think about it? (more…)
One Front in the Fight for Philosophy’s Survival in the US: High Schools
One obstacle undergraduate philosophy programs in the United States face is student unfamiliarity with philosophy. (more…)
Philosophers, Should You Pay to Publish Your Paper? (guest post)
“In a survey of 27 philosophy of science journal editors we conducted in 2023, many, if not most of them, did not know that they were working in a transformative journal.” A what now? (more…)
New APA Grant Winners
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its latest round of grants. (more…)
Philosophy, Creativity, and AI
“I sincerely believe that to save the humanities, within which I include philosophy, we are going to have to reconceive what we do as at least in part a creative endeavor—literary, artistic, imaginative, playful, in short, all those things of which a human spirit is capable, and a machine never will be.” (more…)
Diversity Reading List Dollar-Matching Fundraiser
The Diversity Reading List (DRL), which gathers and organizes philosophical texts written by authors from groups that have typically been underrepresented in philosophy so as to make it easier for others to make use of them, and puts together reading group blueprints on various topics, is currently running a fundraiser with the Marc Sanders Foundation. (more…)
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The Demand for Philosophers
Last week I was part of a panel invited to discuss “The State of Philosophy: Challenges, Threats, and Strategies” at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA). (more…)
How To Write A Philosophy Paper: Online Guides
Some philosophy professors, realizing that many of their students are unfamiliar with writing philosophy papers, provide them with “how-to” guides to the task.
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Philosophy News in 2023
Happy New Year, philosofriends! Before Daily Nous returns to a more regular posting schedule (next week) I thought it would be worth taking a look at the philosophy-related news and issues that captured the attention of the philosophy profession in 2023. (more…)
Speech, Campuses, Antisemitism (guest post)
“If we don’t resort to censorship, we need to think more about the responsibilities of all actors involved with this difficult speech… This suggests an important role for colleges: helping students to exercise these responsibilities rather than simply trying to control them through speech codes.” (more…)
APA Announces Fall 2023 Prize Winners
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of 16 prizes. (more…)
Stanley Accepts Visiting Position in Ukraine; Will Donate Entire Salary
Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a permanent visiting position at the Kyiv School of Economics in Ukraine. (more…)
Lang on Academic Freedom
Gerald Lang (Leeds) has a thoughtful discussion of academic freedom, prompted by the UK government’s appointment of a “free speech tsar” (who happens to be Cambridge philosopher Arif Ahmed), over at the PEA Soup Blog. (more…)
Philosophy Professor vs. University on Accommodations
A philosophy professor at Queen’s University in Canada has been booted from the logic course she was teaching owing to a dispute between her and the university’s Exams Office over accommodating students who require the use of a computer for taking exams. (more…)
Offering Free and Low-Cost Philosophy Programs to the Public
Wisdom’s Edge Foundation is a non-profit organization that “brings philosophy to the edges of society.” (more…)
John Lachs (1934-2023)
John Lachs, professor emeritus of philosophy at Vanderbilt University, has died. (more…)
NeuroDiving: a Show about Neurodivergence and Philosophy
NeuroDiving is a new philosophy podcast, radio-quality in its production, about neurodivergence. (more…)
The Ignorance Next Door, and What to Do about It
Philosophers sometimes complain about how colleagues in other fields don’t know enough about what philosophy is and what philosophers do, even as said colleagues make pronouncements about philosophy, or decisions that affect philosophy department, or changes to curricula or requirements relevant to philosophy course offerings, and so on. (more…)
House May Vote To Eliminate All NEH and NEA Funding
Representative Scott Perry, a Republican from Pennsylvania, has proposed two amendments to the House Interior Appropriations bill (H.R. 4821) that would eliminate all funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). (more…)
SUNY Potsdam Cuts: Further Details / Update: What You Can Do to Help (updated)
Last month we saw that the Philosophy program at SUNY Potsdam is once again under threat.
In the meanwhile, an unofficial philosophy site has been updated with some further information about the cuts.