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Summer Fiction Reading
I don’t know about you, but I read more novels during the summer than any other time of year.
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A Scene from the AI Flooding of Academic Journals
“We recently received a double-digit number of submissions from authors in the Far East… where we had strong evidence of machine generated content. Nothing…
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George Graham (1945-2026)
George Graham, professor of philosophy at Georgia State University, has died.
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Four Philosophy Professors Among New British Academy Fellows
The British Academy has announced the selection of 92 new fellows, and four philosophy professors are among them.
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A Meta-Epistemological Reason for Rejecting AI-Written Philosophy
“The fact that you, an expert human, generated the text is evidence that the view is worth thinking about—more so than if the text…
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How to Give a Killer Job Talk (guest post)
“Talks are not merely communication: they are also a performance… So many talks that could have been successful end up flopping because they’re not…
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The Demise of Reading?
“Americans are probably reading more words than ever before. What has changed is what they read, and how. People are bombarded with emails, text…
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Free Web-Based Logic Software (guest post)
Interested in completely free, browser-based, instructional logic software?
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Philosophy, Brain Studies, and the Value of Curiosity
An op-ed about curiosity published in the New York Times yesterday will resonate with many philosophers.
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New Mentoring Program Focuses on Philosophers from the Global South
The Centre for Ethics, Law and Public Affairs (CELPA) at the University of Warwick has announced a mentorship program that “aims to support academics…
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The Philosophy Job Market Deepfake (guest post)
Have you heard? AI companies are hiring philosophers!
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Luke Fenton-Glynn (1982-2026)
Luke Fenton-Glynn, a philosopher at Monash University, and before that, University College London, has died.
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Prestige, Career Paths, and Job Satisfaction Among Recent Philosophy PhDs (guest post)
Philosophy PhDs whose family backgrounds are higher in socioeconomic status are more likely to earn their doctorates from more prestigious programs. The graduates of…
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APA Launches Job-Market Mentoring Program
The Committee on Academic Career Opportunities and Placement of the American Philosophical Association (APA) has launched a new academic job-market mentoring program.
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Time for Philosophy’s COI Policies to Grow Up (guest post) (updated)
“Philosophy’s broadening impact has generated increasing interest from industries looking to partner with academic philosophers. Ties are now especially common between philosophers and technology…
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Philosophers Working in or with AI Firms & Organizations (updated)
(Originally published on March 17th, 2026.) To what extent has the development of AI over the past several years led to non-academic work for…
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NYT: “The Revenge of the Philosophy Major”
“One of humanity’s oldest disciplines and one of its newest inventions feel distinctly made for each other.”
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