Journal of Philosophy of Disability to Begin Accepting Submissions
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability, the creation of which was announced earlier this year, will begin accepting submissions next week. (more…)
The Philosophy of Popular Philosophy: A Miniseries (guest post by Aaron Wendland)
The following is the first installment of a miniseries on “The Philosophy of Popular Philosophy.” The series is being guest-edited by Aaron James Wendland, assistant professor of philosophy at National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, and philosophy editor at The New Statesman. In the following post, he discusses the relationship bet..
APA Announces Winners of Multiple Prizes
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of several of its prizes. (more…)
Fordham Grad Students Seek Support
Graduate students at Fordham University are seeking support in their call for their administration to take various steps to help them, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its broader effects. (more…)
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Philosopher Wins Fellowship to Produce “Good Life” Guide to Rome
Scott Samuelson, professor of philosophy at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa, has been awarded a Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship to put together a philosophical guidebook to the city of Rome focusing on the idea of a good life. (more…)
Philosophers Among Recent NSF Grant Winners
The National Science Foundation (NSF) may not be the first place people think of when they think about support for philosophical research, but several philosophers are among recent winners of grants from the agency. (more…)
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Cambridge: All Lectures Online Until Summer 2021
There will be no in-person lectures at the University of Cambridge until the Summer of 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced today. (more…)
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Uncovering A New Approach to Teaching Philosophy Texts (guest post)
“Texts can be challenging in multiple ways, some more useful than others…” (more…)
David Miller Wins ECPR Lifetime Achievement Award
Political theorist and philosopher David Miller of Nuffield College, Oxford University, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). (more…)
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Facts and Figures About U.S. Philosophy Departments
Humanities Indicators, a project of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences that gathers information about the humanities in the United States, has released a report that includes a variety of details about philosophy departments. (more…)
Ending Face-to-Face Instruction Before Thanksgiving Break
Earlier this month we looked at the University of South Carolina’s plan to offer in-person courses this coming fall term. The university has now updated its plans by announcing a change to the fall term schedule. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the weekly report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books. (more…)
The Sexual Orientations of First-Year Philosophy Undergrads
What’s the distribution of sexual orientations among first-year undergraduates who are majoring in philosophy? Eric Schwitzgebel (Riverside), Morgan Thompson (Pittsburgh), and Eric Winsberg (South Florida) looked at data from Higher Education Research Institute’s “Freshman Survey” to find out that and other information. (more…)
Missouri Western to Phase Out Philosophy and Many Other Majors
Missouri Western State University is cutting a quarter of its faculty over the next year and “phasing out” approximately 100 of its degree offerings, including Philosophy. (more…)
Four New Hires at Aberdeen
The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen has added four people to its philosophy faculty this season. (more…)
If Given the Choice Whether to Teach In-Person or Remotely in the Fall…
Last week, the University of South Carolina announced it is planning to have in-person teaching in the fall, but also that each faculty, staff, and student will be allowed to make for themselves a “decision to either return or delay their return”. Other schools are considering similar arrangements. (more…)
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Fast Science and the Philosophy of Science (guest post by Jacob Stegenga)
“So much science having so much impact, yet philosophers of science have been relatively quiet…” (more…)
California State University System This Fall Will Be Primarily Online
Timothy White, Chancellor of the California State University (CSU) system, which includes 23 campuses, announced that most courses scheduled for the Fall 2020 term will be taught online, rather than face-to-face, owing to the current Covid-19 pandemic and a possible “serious second wave” of it. (more…)
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Sterken from Oslo to Hong Kong
Rachel Sterken, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo, has accepted an offer as associate professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). (more…)
Liberty University Jettisons Entire Philosophy Department
Yesterday, Liberty University, a Christian University founded by Jerry Falwell, told its philosophy faculty that the their department and their jobs were being eliminated as of June 30th of this year. (more…)
Courses at McGill this Fall: “Primarily Through Remote Delivery Platforms”
McGill University announced today that most teaching there in Fall 2020 will be done remotely, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)