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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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Dept of Education Issues “Earnings Premium” Rule; Philosophy, in General, Should Be OK
The US Department of Education has issued a new rule that makes the availability of Federal financial aid for students conditional on whether the…
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Utilitas Pausing Submissions, Bringing on More Editors
The philosophy journal Utilitas is temporarily halting submissions.
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The New Open-Access Journal Philosophical Logic Is Now Publishing
Last December, all of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature’s Journal of Philosophical Logic resigned and formed Philosophical Logic, a new “diamond” open-access…
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Exeter’s Executive Board Proposes Massive Cuts; Petition Launched
The Executive Board of the University of Exeter has proposed cutting around 150 staff roles, reports the BBC, with with 115 of them 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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Priest from CUNY to Tohoku
Graham Priest, currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, will be moving to Tohoku University in Japan.
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Writing Together: A Teaching Experiment (guest post)
“I’m very fond of the take-home essay, as there’s something irreplaceable about the experience of articulating a theory over the course of multiple weeks—doing…
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Complaint Against Appointment of Trans Philosopher to REF Panel Dismissed
In April, Jonathan Pike, a professor of philosophy at Open University, submitted a formal complaint about the appointment of his colleague, professor of philosophy…
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Gender, Publications, Teaching, and Satisfaction in the Early Stages of a Philosophy Career (guest post)
“Publication differences by gender are small or statistically undetectable during graduate study, but become more pronounced by graduation and especially by the time of…
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