Tag: philosophy

Public Philosophy and Outreach

New Philosophy Podcasts

November 20, 2020

A couple of new philosophy podcasts have started up recently.
Daily Nous Features

Mini-Heap

November 18, 2020

The latest additions to the Heap of Links…
philosophy

Things Philosophers Know About Science That You Don’t

November 17, 2020

What do philosophers know that others don’t? This post intiates an occasional series that asks philosophers to engage with the “conventional wisdom” on various…
Daily Nous Features

Mini-Heap

November 16, 2020

Recent additions to the Heap of Links…
Daily Nous Features

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

November 16, 2020

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

Mini-Heap

November 12, 2020

New links of interest to those interested in philosophy…
Publishing

Philosopher Revealed as Serial Plagiarist (multiple updates)

November 11, 2020

A researcher specializing in medieval philosophy has plagiarized the writings of a number of scholars in several of her published works, according to an…
Daily Nous Features

Mini-Heap

November 9, 2020

Recent links for the Heap..
News

We Still Have Work To Do

November 7, 2020

Joseph Biden has defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Publishing

British Society for the Philosophy of Science Launches Open Access Book Publishing

November 6, 2020

The British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS) has launched a new program to publish open access philosophy of science monographs.
Daily Nous Features

Mini-Heap

November 5, 2020

This installment of Mini-Heap includes links that are not yet in the actual Heap.
Graduate Programs

APDA Adds Board of Advisors

November 3, 2020

Academic Placement Data and Analysis (APDA), a project led by Carolyn Dicey Jennings (UC Merced) to gather, analyze, and present data about philosophy departments,…
Public Philosophy and Outreach

Coffee Company Donates 20% of Profits to Philosophy Education

November 3, 2020

A new roaster and seller of coffee beans, A Posteriori Coffee Co., donates 20% of its profits to support philosophy programs for children in kindergarten…
Philosophy Job Market

Much Fewer Academic Philosophy Jobs Advertised This Season

November 2, 2020

Compared to previous years, the number of academic jobs advertised this season is much lower.
Daily Nous Features

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

November 2, 2020

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

Mini-Heap

November 2, 2020

New week starts with a new Mini-Heap…
Daily Nous Features

Mini-Heap

October 30, 2020

New links of possible interest to those interested in philosophy…
humor

Philosophical Candy

October 29, 2020

Halloween is coming around again, that time of year where we have fun making things extra scary. But hasn’t this past year been frightening enough?
Daily Nous Features

Mini-Heap

October 28, 2020

New additions to the Heap of Links…
Daily Nous Features

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

October 27, 2020

The weekly report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…

Latest Comments

Marc Champagne on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Justin, please keep allowing us to speak and stumble forward.
Student Philosopher on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
if you’d make another human a co-author for the same work, then AI should also be listed as a co-author. This is a really fascinating suggestion and I'm…
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Come on. Seriously? We're going to compare an anti-trans commentator resigning, even after the university, the union, and most of the media and political class indicated that they…
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
…In fact, I’d wager that for those of us down several rungs on the power ladder, in many cases because of the miserable employment conditions you reference (adjunctification,…
Meme on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
If there is no AI god, then everything done with an LLM is permitted. But surely some things done with an LLM are not permitted (like rejecting my…
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
UCU didn’t actually, formally, call for her to be sacked, but they declared their complete solidarity with those who did, and accused her of ‘weaponising employment law’ in…
Avram Hiller on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
The principle that "X is constantly in the news, and constantly discussed by academic administrators, thus philosophers shouldn't discuss X all the time (presumably because it's tiring?)" is…
Nat Hansen on New Philosophy Journal Rankings by Citations in SEP in IEP
Thanks for pointing out the parallel Kenny! I only vaguely remembered that Leiter ranking.
Phil Bold on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
I agree with Eric above. What makes the principle awkward is that it relies on an analogy between LLMs and persons. But an LLM is not a person.…
Manny on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Justin, why do you post these things? All they do is serve to further harden the divisions in the discipline. Anyone vaguely familiar with your blog could have…
TKK on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
i doubt it. it's acceptable to ask an LLM to do 20 hours of mind-numbing drudgery, but not to ask a human to do so. I suspect he…
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.…