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Underappreciated Philosophical Writing of the Past 50 Years, Part 2: 1980s

February 11, 2020

Last week we began a decade-by-decade series on underappreciated philosophical writing of the past 50 years.
Daily Nous Features

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

February 10, 2020

Here you go: the weekly report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books.
Teaching

Summer Programs in Philosophy for High School Students 2020

February 7, 2020

Are you organizing a summer program in philosophy for high school students, or know of any?
philosophy

Underappreciated Philosophical Writing of the Past 50 Years, Part 1: 1970s

February 6, 2020

Not everything notable gets noticed, and that’s true in philosophy, too.
Philosophy and the Sciences

Understanding the Brain

February 5, 2020

“Maybe human brains aren’t equipped to understand themselves.”
Awards Grants Honors

Royal Institute of Philosophy 2019 Essay Prize Results

February 4, 2020

The Royal Institute of Philosophy, a charitable organization aimed at promoting philosophy, has announced the results of its 2019 essay contest, which had the…
Philosophy and the Sciences

Philosopher Appointed to Federal Advisory Committee on Biosecurity

February 3, 2020

The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) is a federal advisory committee that “addresses issues related to biosecurity and dual use research at the request…
Daily Nous Features

Mini-Heap

February 3, 2020

New additions to the Heap of Links…
Daily Nous Features

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

February 3, 2020

Here’s the weekly report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books.
journals

New: The Journal of Philosophy of Disability

January 31, 2020

The Journal of Philosophy of Disability is a new, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to questions regarding disability, broadly construed.
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January 31, 2020

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Faculty Moves

Bird from KCL to Cambridge’s Russell Professorship

January 30, 2020

Alexander Bird, currently the Peter Sowerby Professor of Philosophy and Medicine at King’s College, London (KCL) as well as an associate member of the Faculty of…
philosophy

Intuitions, Common Sense, and “Earning the Right” to Judgments about Philosophy

January 29, 2020

“Intuitions and common sense are not, I claim, a good basis on which to reach philosophical conclusions.”
Daily Nous Features

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January 28, 2020

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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

January 27, 2020

Here’s the weekly report on new and revised entries in online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books.
Issues in the Philosophy Profession

Problems with Philosophy on Facebook

January 24, 2020

“What happens and what should a philosopher do if the academic community massively has moved on to making its informal engagements happen on one…
Data

Philosophy Twitter, YouTube, & Podcasts Over The Past Decade (guest post by Kelly Truelove)

January 24, 2020

The following is a guest post by Kelly Truelove, who keeps an eye on social media trends for a few academic disciplines at his…
Events

Night of Philosophy and Ideas 2020

January 23, 2020

The annual “Night of Philosophy & Ideas” events will be taking place around the world over the weekend of January 31st – February 2nd,…
Data

How Familiarity with Philosophy Impacts Moral Decision Making

January 22, 2020

Stephanie Brown, an undergraduate at Williams College majoring in philosophy and psychology, is completing a senior thesis on moral psychology, including “how familiarity with philosophy impacts…
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January 22, 2020

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Shelley Lynn Tremain on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
I have written a critical response to Talia Bettcher and Jennifer Saul at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. You can find my response at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY here: On the Orthodoxy of…
Felix on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
I think the trouble is that clear, lucid writing is hard work. I think, while hard, it is worthwhile, and is something that needs to be practiced constantly.…
Jessie Ewesmont on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
Isn't analytic philosophy the tradition that prides itself on clear, lucid writing? Shouldn't analytic philosophers therefore be able to express their ideas clearly without needing an LLM?
Felix on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
I guess so. However, it seems that there are two separate strands of conversation that tend to emerge: (1) the role of "AI" in the work of philosophers;…
TKK on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
notwithstanding the contrapositive in the parentheses, the (compelling version of) the principle is that if you could permissibly ask a human to do it, then you can permissibly…
TKK on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
Just change what i wrote to 'do 20 hours of uncompensated mind-numbing drudgery' then and the point stands
Sophie on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Yes, that was exactly my point. Thank you for bringing it out more clearly than I did!
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Fair enough. Maybe I didn't follow it as closely as I should have. I just found the specific choices funny due to the context, but maybe that's a…
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Sorry for the delay; I was looking out for a comment by Taylor and missed the one by Mark Robert Taylor. If the parallel holds, then they really…
Runa on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
The thing is, most everything else in philosophy that you be interested in discussing is likely transforming or disappearing because of the way AI has been foisted on…
Runa on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
"And we’re going to have to wrestle with them incredibly quickly, more quickly than we’ve ever had to wrestle with large-scale societal changes in the past." How I…
Post-Doc on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
Well, it might change if we include material compensation. For the right kind of material compensation, you can ask someone to do 20h of mind-numbing drudgery. In contrast,…
Post-Doc on What May Artificial Intelligence Do for Writers? (updated)
Yes, I took the principle to mean: "Anything that it would be impermissible to have another human do _for material compensation_ is impermissible having an AI do. So,…
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
Sadly, I don't think there's any value to these posts, or the comments that get made on them, my own included. "GC" philosophers always take it as an…
Felix on Major Threats to the Health of Philosophy, Real and Imagined (guest post)
What you (and presumably also Callie) are calling "established biological science" is pretty questionable though. And we can see that clearly in both the biology literature, the philosophy…