Tag: philosophers
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The State of the Study of Consciousness
What’s the current state of the philosophical study of consciousness? In The New York Review of Books, Tim Parks (Associate Professor of Literature and Translation…
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Two Philosophers Elected to Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the premier academic organization in Canada which, among other things, recognizes scholarly achievement, has named two philosophers among its class of 2017 Fellows.
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Philosophers’ Graves Need Restoration
The graves of several philosophers are in need of restoration.
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White Supremacists, Charlottesville, and the Philosophy Classroom
Racist violence has been a defining feature of the United States since its creation. One risk of focusing on highly visible instances of racist violence,…
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Discriminatory Texas Law Prompts Philosophers To Move Conference
The Public Philosophy Network (PPN) was planning on holding its annual conference next February at the University of North Texas (UNT). It will now, instead,…
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Philosophers Among NEH Grant Winners
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the winners of its latest round of grants. $39.3 million were awarded to 245 humanities…
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The Favorites, the Faked, the Overrated, the Overused, Etc.
Philosophers, please take a minute to complete a brief anonymous survey that asks you questions about things like your favorite thought experiment, which philosopher is…
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Timothy Hall (1969-2017)
Timothy Hall, associate professor of philosophy at Oberlin College, unexpectedly died this past Sunday at the age of 48.
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Philosophy In Germany: Too Popular For Its Own Good?
An article in the current issue of Foreign Policy,“German Philosophy Has Finally Gone Viral. Will That Be Its Undoing?” describes the surge in philosophy’s popularity…
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Philosophers Among Newly Elected British Academy Fellows
The British Academy, the United Kingdom’s scholarly organization for the humanities and social sciences, today announced its new class of fellows, “outstanding UK-based scholars who have…
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APA Releases Draft of “Good Practices Guide” for Comment (reposting)
[Note, added 8/3/2017: I’m moving this post about the APA’s “Good Practices Guide” up on the main page as it did not appear to…
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An Anonymous Peer-Reviewed Philosophy Journal?
Are some philosophical positions so controversial that we should have a journal that publishes peer-reviewed essays about them anonymously?
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New “Thought Trust” to Continue Mission of Northern Institute of Philosophy
The mission of the Northern Institute of Philosophy, which was created in 2009 at the University of Aberdeen by Crispin Wright (NYU, Stirling) and…
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How Philosophical Work Can Change The World
When I was an undergraduate philosophy student at the University of Pittsburgh, where I was trained in the analytic tradition, it wasn’t clear to…
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Area of Specialization, Gender, and Placement: a Close Look at the Data (guest post by Carolyn Dicey Jennings)
The following is a guest post* by Carolyn Dicey Jennings, assistant professor of philosophy and cognitive science at UC Merced and principal creator of Academic…
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Israeli Philosophy Community Calls For Rejection Of Proposed Ethics Code
Over 80 Israeli philosophers—the vast majority of the Israeli philosophical community—have issued a statement urging their government’s Council for Higher Education to reject a…
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Lakatos Award Winners Announced
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has announced the winners of its 2015 and 2016 Lakatos Awards.
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Matthew Smith and Adam Hosein Hired By Northeastern
Matthew Noah Smith, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Leeds, and Adam Omar Hosein, associate professor of philosophy at the University of…
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Tenure Publication Requirements and Pre-Tenure Leave For Philosophers At Liberal Arts Colleges
A philosopher writes in with the hopes that the Daily Nous readership can help with a query:
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Women in Philosophy Journals: New Data
There are new findings on the presence of women in academic philosophy journals: Though approximately 25% of philosophy faculty in the United States are…