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Philosophy Websites

Long-Running Ethics Blog Seeks New Editors

July 20, 2021

PEA Soup, a blog about “philosophy, ethics, and academia” that has been running for 17 years, is in need of new leadership.
Issues in the Philosophy Profession

Blowing the Whistle on John Searle

July 19, 2021

“I’m writing to you in the hope that you can shine a public light on the behavior of John Searle, a renowned academic in…
Daily Nous Features

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

July 19, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
Daily Nous Features

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July 13, 2021

The latest additions to the Heap of Links…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

July 13, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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Mind Association Announces Fellowship Winners

July 12, 2021

The Mind Association has announced the winners of its 2021-22 Research Fellowships.
Daily Nous Features

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July 5, 2021

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June 30, 2021

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June 29, 2021

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philosophy and public policy

Philosophical Input on Transportation Policy

June 28, 2021

Can philosophers help improve transportation policy? Jonathan Badgley, an economist who works with the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) and who studied philosophy…
Publishing

CNRS Commission Defends Roques in Response to Plagiarism Accusations / Update: Roques Dismissed from CNRS (updated)

June 26, 2021

A commission formed by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has issued a statement defending a researcher in medieval philosophy against multiple…
Daily Nous Features

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June 23, 2021

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June 22, 2021

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Philosophy Journals’ Book Review Policies and Practices

June 21, 2021

A recent discussion on social media of a book in metaethics, self-published five years ago and authored by someone who had left academia, prompted …
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How Are Today’s Philosophers Philosophical?

June 21, 2021

In a recent live interview, Tyler Cowen (GMU) asks Elijah Millgram (Utah), “To what extent do you think philosophers today are even still philosophical,…
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Optimism about Metaphysics (and Philosophy in General)

June 18, 2021

Is there reason to be optimistic about progress in metaphysics? Jessica Wilson (Toronto) thinks so.
Data

Philosophy Enrollment Grows — a Little — in Canada

June 16, 2021

While the total number of undergraduate philosophy majors in Canada is down since 2010, a recent bump and some anecdotal evidence has University Affairs reporting…
Lives of Philosophers

Underappreciated Philosophical Friendships

June 16, 2021

In a new article, Michael Kremer (University of Chicago) describes the results of some philosophical detective work he did uncovering the “philosophical friendship” of…
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June 11, 2021

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BJPS Launches “Short Reads”

June 11, 2021

Are you interested in learning about recent work in philosophy of science but lack the time to read a bunch of articles? Well, a…

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Patrick Lin on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
Seems reasonable. We proposed something similar for how to think about crediting AI with authorship: if you'd make another human a co-author for the same work, then AI…
Eli Alshanetsky on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
Credit goes with blame. A human can take both. AI can take neither. Van Oosterum acknowledges that the human author remains responsible for the output regardless. But then…
Louis F. Cooper on Philosopher-led Team Nets $2.91 Million in Grants for Project on Safeguards of Liberalism
I'm aware of that, but my question was addressed to the philosophers who are receiving this grant (and one of them answered the question). If they plan to…
Shay A Logan on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
"Perform a thorough copyediting of this paper *right now*" and "I just finished typing out this paper without having even tried to edit it or look for typos.…
P.D. on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
They are equivalent it's a biconditional: It's acceptable to ask a human to ɸ iff it's acceptable to ask an LLM to ɸ. I suspect that's really what…
Jessie Ewesmont on Underrepresentation of Non-Native English Speakers in Philosophy: Findings from over 100,000 Papers (guest post)
Machine translation's existed for ages before AI. What's your point?
oxan on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
I obviously have very forgiving friends.
Eric on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
I dont know whether this principle is true or not, but if it is true, its true by some odd coincidence. Because the reasons one example is wrong…
Dmitri Gallow on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
I think that it's very important that we, as a community, wrestle with the challenges posed by AI. And we're going to have to wrestle with them incredibly…
Dmitri Gallow on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
I think it's a good principle, but I expect it to be a bit more challenging for the norm to be enforced than with Claude, and I worry…
Pfo AI on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
For the love of God, can we please stop having posts about AI here all the time? Discussion about AI is near constant from administrators and in the…
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Alex LeBrun on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
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Gamergate was a big deal ten years ago. It made international headlines. If you were too young to pay attention at the time, then so be it. But…