Tag: history of philosophy
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Lavender Wins Sanders Early Modern Prize
The Marc Sanders Foundation has awarded its Prize in the History of Early Modern Philosophy to Jordan Lavender (Purdue; soon to be Texas A&M).
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A New Tool to Track and Analyze Philosophers’ Mentions (guest post)
Philosophers have always referred to other philosophers in their writing, but not always with citations.
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The Outsider Perspective
At one point in his 2017 Dewey Lecture (the audio of which was recently posted at the Blog of the APA), William Lycan (UNC)…
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New: The Philosophy Teaching Library (guest post)
A pair of philosophers have built upon the approach to pedagogical materials of a highly successful philosophy course at the University of Notre Dame…
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AI As History of Philosophy Tool
How would Aristotle have responded to Newcomb’s problem? What would John Locke have thought about end-user license agreements? What objection would Immanuel Kant raise…
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A Searchable Digital Map of Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica, by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, is known for its significant influence on work in philosophy, logic, and early computer science. It was…
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Assessment & A History of Western Philosophy Test
Many departments have faced administrative pressure to develop ways to assess their teaching and their major programs by measuring the achievement of learning outcomes…
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Plato’s Last Night
Further deciphering of the carbonized Herculaneum papyri, which recently produced information about Plato’s burial place (publicized last week), also detailed the philosopher’s final hours,…
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Swallows, Moles, and other Animal-Philosopher Typologies
“There are two kinds of philosophers: swallows and moles.”
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Alznauer Wins Journal of the History of Philosophy Article Prize
The Journal of the History of Philosophy has awarded its 2023 best article prize to Mark Alznauer (Northwestern University).
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Toronto Philosophy Receives $5 Million Endowment for New Chair
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto has received a donation of CA$2.5 million and matching funds from the university’s Faculty of…
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Letting Different Kinds of Philosophy Be Their Own Thing
Last week, Harvey Lederman (UT Austin) delivered some remarks at Academia Sinica on what he referred to as “the path forward for Chinese philosophy.”
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The Various Literary Forms of Philosophy (guest post)
“What are the literary forms philosophy can come in? Judging by contemporary works it seems the best way to express our ideas is in…
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Hübner Wins the Journal of the History of Philosophy’s Best Article Prize
The Journal of the History of Philosophy has awarded its 2022 best article prize to Karolina Hübner (Cornell).
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New: Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists
December 2022 saw the publication of the first two issues of the Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (JHWP).
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Is Any of Analytic Philosophy’s Dominance Owed to McCarthyism?
“It is clear enough that McCarthyism and its legacy were sufficient to make life hard for a particular strand of opposition to the analytic…
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Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize
The Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) has announced the winner of its 2022 Book Prize.
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The Artful Geometry of Logic
A research team has amassed a collection of Aristotelian diagrams created between the years of 830 and 2021 and have placed them online.
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Teaching Hume and His Racism
“Whenever someone claims that we should not mention Hume’s racism because he was a product of his time we should commit that argument ‘to…