Robeyns Wins AcademieKus Award from Dutch Education Labor Union
Philosopher Ingrid Robeyns, who holds the Chair in Ethics of Institutions at the Ethics Institute of Utrecht Universit, has won the AcademieKus (“Academy Kiss”) Prize from the Dutch General Education Union AOb (Algemene Onderwijsbond). (more…)
“To Think Or Not To Think”: A Video About Whether To Go To Grad School In Philosophy
“Why did my professors always encourage me to live the philosophical life, yet suddenly change their tone when asked about graduate school? I thought about all my interests outside of philosophy. I wondered whether philosophy was worth pursuing at all. I wondered how anyone can know what is worth pursuing.” (more…)
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New: The Saudi Journal of Philosophical Studies
The Saudi Journal of Philosophical Studies is a new semi-annual, multi-lingual, peer-reviewed philosophy journal. (more…)
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Rescher Prize Awarded to Thomas Nagel
The 2021 Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy has been awarded to Thomas Nagel, emeritus professor of philosophy and law at New York University. (more…)
The Four-Sentence Philosophy Paper
Some philosophy professors have been assigning their students four-sentence papers to write. Why do this? (more…)
Effort Launched to Save Job of Philosopher at University of St. Andrews
An effort is underway to protest the decision of the University of St. Andrews to fail to make permanent the contract of a philosopher on a fixed term appointment who has done an extraordinary amount of work for the university over the past three years. (more…)
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Television Show Partners with Philosophers to Explore Philosophy of Religion
The Global Philosophy of Religion Project at the University of Birmingham has partnered with the public television show Closer To Truth to produce 10 episodes of the show and multiple short videos on topics in philosophy of religion. (more…)
Traveling for Work: Poll Results
At the end of last month I posted a survey about when academic philosophers would be willing and able to resume travel for work. Here are the results. (more…)
Statue of Alain Locke May Save Statue of Cecil Rhodes
Efforts to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes from Oxford University owing to his white supremacist views gained momentum over the past year but the statue may be saved—with the help of philosopher Alain LeRoy Locke. (more…)
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Types of Contributions to the Philosophical Literature
What are the different types of contribution one can make to the literature in philosophy? (more…)
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Ripstein Wins Killam Prize
Arthur Ripstein, professor of law and philosophy at the University of Toronto, has been named the winner of the Killam Prize in the Humanities by the Canadian Council for the Arts (CCA). (more…)
Philosophy Profs Making Introductory Philosophy Videos for Students & the Public
The increase in remote and asynchronous teaching has led to more academics gaining familiarity and practice with making videos. Some philosophy professors have taken their new skills beyond their courses, creating brief introductory videos for anyone to watch online. (more…)
Philosophy on Clubhouse
Clubhouse is a new talk-based social network. It’s still in beta and admission to it is by invitation only, but reportedly there is some philosophy happening on it. (more…)
Did Frege Plagiarize the Stoics?
Frege “helped himself generously to Stoic logic” without ever crediting the Stoics or the author whose writings were his likely source about their ideas, according to Susanne Bobzien, professor of philosophy at Oxford University. (more…)
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2021 PROSE Award in Philosophy
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced the subject-category winners of its 2021 awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE awards). The awards recognize the authors, editors, and publishers of books that have made “significant advancements in their respective fields of study each year.” (more…)
Waheed Hussain (1972-2020) (updated)
Waheed Hussain, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, has died. (more…)
Bioethicists, Philosophers of Disability, and Canadian Euthanasia Law
Canadian legislators will be deliberating over Bill C-7 over the next few days. The bill would expand existing legislation regarding medical assistance in dying (“MAID”) to make it easier for people with disabilities to request and obtain MAID, and philosophers are weighing in on the discussion. (more…)
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An Intro Philosophy Course that Uses Podcasts Instead of Readings
Rani Lill Anjum, research fellow in philosophy at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, is trying something new with her introductory philosophy course this term: she has replaced all of the readings with podcasts.
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