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TagHow Often Are Philosophy Articles Actually Cited? Encouraging News (guest post)
In the following guest post, Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) recounts what he found when, prompted by claims about how infrequently academic philosophy articles are cited, he looked at the citation rates of articles published in a few journals a decade ago. (more…)
New: Journal of NeuroPhilosophy
A new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary journal, the Journal of Neurophilosophy, published its first issue this past summer. (more…)
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Recent Data About Philosophy PhDs
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released some data about people who received PhDs in philosophy in the United States in 2021. (more…)
Philosophical Dialogues: Beyond The Usual Suspects
About five years ago I posted about philosophical dialogues, but I recently received a question about them that wasn’t taken up in that post, or by those responding to it. (more…)
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Philosophers Call for more Scientific Research on “Civilization Collapse”
“Civilization collapse the loss of societal capacity to maintain essential governance functions, especially maintaining security, the rule of law, and the provision of basic necessities such as food and water. Civilization collapses in this sense could be associated with civil strife, violence, and widespread scarcity, and thus have extremely adverse effects on hum..
Philosopher’s Work Chosen as Art Festival Theme
Artissima, a major Italian international contemporary art fair, has chosen a philosophical theme for its 2022 edition: “transformative experience.” (more…)
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A Philosophical Note #for Mahsa: Fighting for Truth in an Epistemologically Polluted Area (guest post)
On September 13th, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran by the “Guidance Patrol” or “morality police” for allegedly not wearing a hijab properly. A few days later, she died in police custody “under suspicious circumstances, due to police brutality according to witnesses.” In the weeks since, large protests have taken place across Iran and elsewhere to cond..
Philosophy’s Most Beautiful Sentence or Paragraph
Philosophy Teaching & Learning Materials on Professors’ Websites
Individual philosophy instructors often post publicly available resources for students on their websites. Here’s a place to share them. (more…)
The Guardian’s 2022 Philosophy Rankings
The Guardian has released its rankings of UK universities at which to study philosophy. (more…)
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Philosophy’s Happiness Literature: More of It, More Empirical (guest post)
In the following guest post, Michael Prinzing (Yale) discusses trends in philosophical discussions of happiness and well-being. (more…)
Antidismissiveness
“When I started reading Derrida, I couldn’t understand what the heck he was talking about; but someone like Kripke, it was easy. I remember chatting to someone once who said to me ‘yeah, this Derrida guy is easy, but when I read Kripke I can’t understand a word he’s saying!’” (more…)
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Philosophers as Arts and Culture Critics
“Which living philosophers review fiction, movies, television shows, plays, music, art, etc. for non-academic publications?” (more…)
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Philosophers Among Recent NSF Grant Winners (updated)
Several philosophers have been awarded grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) over the past couple of months. (more…)
Analytic Philosophy and the Big Questions of Life
At the start of each term, Helena de Bres (Wellesley) holds “get to know you” office hours with her students. “So what made you sign up for a philosophy class?” she asks. (more…)
Agenda-Setting, Area-Defining, Influential Philosophy Textbooks
Philosophy textbooks—anthologies or introductory-level commentaries—can take on roles beyond the pedagogical purposes for which they’re put together. Through editorial and authorial choices of inclusion and exclusion such works can define or clarify fields of study, canonize specific works, identify a subdiscipline’s central problems, and, depending on uptake, s..
Measuring Consensus and Disagreement in Ethics
A pair of philosophers are studying consensus and disagreement among philosophers on ethical issues, as well as consensus and disagreement on such issues between philosophers and the general public. (more…)
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Lauener Prizes in Philosophy Awarded
The Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy last week awarded its two prizes. (more…)
2021 Philosopher’s Annual
Philosopher’s Annual has released its 41st volume, covering the literature from 2021. (more…)