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Philosophy Majors’ Job Prospects and the Spread of AI Technology

A study by The Economist looked at how the employment prospects of college graduates have changed over the past few years as AI use by potential employers has increased. (more…)

New Business School Centers Ethics in Its Curriculum and Marketing

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has revamped its MBA curriculum and has made ethics a focal point of its first-year curriculum. (more…)

How to Show that Studying Philosophy Improves Thinking Skills

How would you determine whether studying philosophy improves critical thinking?

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Studying Philosophy Makes People Better Thinkers: Further Data

A new study “offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers.” (more…)

Why Do Philosophy PhD Programs Even Exist? (guest post)

What is the point of a philosophy PhD program? (more…)

Philosophers in Administrative Positions

(Moving this to the top again; first published on April 18th, 2024). A few months ago during a discussion here about the demand for philosophers, the importance of philosophers in high-level administrative roles came up. (more…)

A Philosopher’s Reflections on Teaching in a World with AI

“I once believed my students and I were in this together, engaged in a shared intellectual pursuit. That faith has been obliterated over the past few semesters.” (more…)

Philosophy Fortnight: A Celebration of British Philosophy

The British Philosophy Fortnight is a celebration of “all that is positive in the world of UK philosophy—education and learning, research and policy impact, ideas and arguments” and how “philosophy changes lives and improves society.” (more…)

Explaining the Value of the Liberal Arts Requires More than Words

“The decline in liberal-arts disciplines is happening because, on many campuses, no one has taken ownership of explaining them.” (more…)

A Love Letter to Philosophy

“Philosophical enquiry makes the entire planet better than it would otherwise be. It helps constitute the awesomeness of Earth. Philosophy needs no further excuse.” (more…)

If People Could Get Just One Thing From Philosophy…

Happy World Philosophy Day! (more…)

“Purely vocational approach is embarrassingly out of touch”

Columbia College Chicago is facing a budget constraints and reportedly there are talks about addressing them by cutting programs in the liberal arts and sciences, and focusing more on career-based programs. (more…)

Philosophers: the Original “Dishabituation Entrepreneurs”

“We have come to believe that it is not possible to understand the current period—and the shifts in what counts as normal—without appreciating why and how people do not notice so much of what we live with.” (more…)

Philosophy’s Importance in “Times Like These”

The Los Angeles Review of Books has just concluded publishing a series of articles on the importance of philosophy in “times like these”. (more…)

Ethics Certificates from Philosophy Departments

Several philosophy departments are offering “ethics certificates” and other ethics programs, according to an article at Inside Higher Ed. (more…)

The Practicality of Philosophy

“There is something philistine in his demand that philosophy always answer to practical needs.” (more…)

Philosophy Education As Practice for Working and Thinking Together

“I think one of the most profound effects that we could have… is to give people practice in having productive conversations about important issues that are unclear to us and that we disagree about.” (more…)

36 Answers to “What Is the Value of Philosophy?” (updated)

Friction, a philosophy channel featuring interviews of professional philosophers, recently released a supercut of three dozen thinkers answering the question “What is the value of philosophy?” (more…)

Rawls on the Limits—and Limited Exposure—of Philosophy

In an interview in 1991, John Rawls is asked, “When you look at current events, in general, do you think of them with the A Theory of Justice framework in mind?” (more…)

The Reinstatement of an Undergraduate Philosophy Program

In 2019, Janet Levit, the then-provost of the University of Tulsa, arranged for the elimination of the school’s philosophy major. Now, new leadership at the university has committed to rebuilding its philosophy program. (more…)

Service-Learning in Philosophy Courses

“Moral problems, like global and local food insecurity, aren’t just abstract problems; they are practical problems with practical solutions. It’s important not just to present students with the problems, but also to empower them with real-world actions they can perform to help alleviate these problems.” (more…)

Advising Software Says Philosophy Majors Have Two Career Options

Some universities and colleges are spending money to have their students use a career advising software, TypeFocus, that appears to be based on pseudoscience, biased against the humanities, and severely misinformed. (more…)

Logic Course Breaks University of Sydney Enrollment Record — Or It Doesn’t

Over 2200 students at the University of Sydney are currently enrolled in “Philosophy 1012: Introduction to Logic,” setting a university-wide record for highest enrollment in any course the university has ever offered. (more…)

Philosophy Under Threat at St. Mary’s College

The administration at St. Mary’s College of Maryland is considering eliminating the school’s philosophy programs. (more…)

Australian Philosophers Object to Proposed Tuition Hikes for Philosophy Students

In June, Australian Minister of Education Dan Tehan announced a proposal to “double down on our core mission of educating Australians for the jobs that will be in demand in the future” that would lower university costs for science, engineering, information technology, nursing, etc., but raise costs for those studying philosophy and other humanities fields by 113%. (..