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Templeton Grant for Philosophy of Creative Intelligence (corrected)
The Templeton World Charity has awarded a large grant to Joshua Shepherd, research professor in philosophy at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona for a project on “creative intelligence.” (more…)
Manhattan College Betrays Faculty
Don’t take a job at Manhattan College, says Manhattan College. (more…)
Books vs. Articles in Philosophy
“I’ve heard people joke on more than a couple of occasions that publishing a book is the way to get around Reviewer 2 at the journals.”
Minor Vandalism on PhilPapers
A philosophy professor recently noticed that the title of one of his articles in its listing at PhilPapers had been changed. (more…)
Educational Gag Orders, etc. in the US
What are state legislatures across the United States doing to limit academic freedom and otherwise interfere in education? (more…)
Fritz and Carter from Dianoia/ACU to UCL
Peter Fritz and Sam Carter, both recently of the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at Australian Catholic University (which the university is eliminating), will be moving to University College London (UCL). (more…)
Learning to Teach Philosophy You Don’t Already Know
You may occasionally think about a topic you think you should add to a course you teach, but put off doing so because you don’t believe you know enough about it to teach it well. (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…)
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Leonelli from Exeter to Technical University of Munich
Sabina Leonelli, currently Professor of Philosophy and History of Science and Director of the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis) at the University of Exeter, will be moving to the Technical University of Munich (TUM) where she will be Chair in Philosophy and History of Science and Technology. (more…)
Ankeny from Adelaide to Wageningen
Rachel A. Ankeny, currently Professor of History and Philosophy at The University of Adelaide (soon to be Adelaide University with a merger with University of South Australia in 2026), will be moving to Wageningen University, the Netherlands, where she will be Chair and Professor of the Philosophy Group. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (more…)
New Journal: Philosophy of AI
Philosophy of AI is a new, peer-reviewed, online, open-access philosophy journal. (more…)
Reducing Time to Degree in Philosophy Doctoral Programs (guest post)
The median time-to-degree for a PhD in philosophy in the United States is nearly 7 years. Is that too long? (more…)
Using Generative AI to Teach Philosophy (w/ an interactive demo you can try) (guest post)
Philosophy teachers—Michael Rota, a professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), is about to make your teaching a bit better and your life a bit easier. (more…)
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Dialectica and the Challenges of Converting a Journal to Open Access
A reader recently pointed out that the philosophy journal Dialectica in 2020 became an open access journal, after 15 years of being published by Blackwell-Wiley, but that the journal’s latest issue was dated 2020. What’s going on at this journal? (more…)
Deciding Between Grad Programs: What Questions to Ask? Of Whom?
Applicants to graduate programs in philosophy are now hearing from admissions committees and will have decisions to make about which to attend, or whether to go at all. (more…)
Lenhard Wins 2024 Covey Award
Johannes Lenhard (Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University) has been selected as the winner of the 2024 Covey Award by the board of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP). (more…)
Paulin J. Hountondji (1942-2024)
Paulin Jidenu Hountondji, an influential African philosopher, died earlier this month. (more…)
Viehoff from NYU to Berkeley
Daniel Viehoff, currently associate professor of philosophy at New York University, will be moving to the University of California, Berkeley, where he will be associate professor of philosophy. (more…)
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Rasmussen from Azusa to Baylor
Joshua Rasmussen, currently associate professor of philosophy at Azusa Pacific University, will be moving to Baylor University, where he will be professor of philosophy. (more…)
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… (more…)
Site Damage & Repair (updated)
Daily Nous suffered an as-of-yet unexplained “critical error” tonight. The site was down for several hours and could only get back online by restoring an earlier version of it. (more…)
Are Your Students Doing The Reading?
And if they’re not, what can be done to get them to do it? Or is that the wrong way to think about it? (more…)
Leverhulme Trust to Investigate One of Its Philosophy Fellows at Cambridge (updated)
The Leverhulme Trust, a philanthropy in London which provides grants and fellowships to scholars across a range of disciplines, has launched an investigation of one of its early career fellows who works in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. (more…)