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Justin Weinberg
Daily Nous provides news for and about the philosophy profession, useful information for academic philosophers, links to items of interest elsewhere, and an online space for philosophers to publicly discuss it all. The site is maintained by me, Justin Weinberg, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina.
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“Philosophy is a dialectical discipline that thrives in the clash, reconciliation, and creative synthesis of diverse views; and our views are profoundly shaped by our cultural backgrounds and life experiences. Uniformity dulls our collective philosophical thinking. A fair and flourishing discipline would treasure...
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more. (If we missed anything, please let us know.) SEP New: ∅ Revised: Lorenzo Valla by Lodi Nauta. Henricus Regius by...
“In light of the awful brutality by the Iranian government against the uprising in late December 2025, the case for humanitarian intervention in Iran is not obviously implausible…” But what about the actual intervention going on now? It “fails to meet all the traditional criteria of Just War Theory [and has] even...
A philosopher who has written several books has a question about the publication of translations. [Plate from “Metafisikal Translations” (detail) by Eduardo Paolozzi]Often, translations of books are published by a publisher different from the one that put out the original book. As part of the agreement between the...
A philosopher often praised for the accessibility of his writing, when asked about it (he often took part in advice sessions for younger academics), would say that he is not writing for today, but for the future. What he meant was that rather than clogging his writing with technicalities, keeping it focused on...
The “Mentorship Index Calculator” is now live. What is it? The Mentorship Index (M-index) measures a scientist’s contribution to mentoring junior scientists. The M-index counts the number of publications for which the scientist served as last author (typically indicating the senior/mentoring role) where the first...
“David Hume was not a Humean.” So says Galen Strawson, regarding the so-called Humean account of causation and what Strawson takes to be Hume’s actual account, in a recent post at his newsletter (a position he has advanced before). Previously, philosophers have told us that Hume is not a Humean about practical...
Items of interest elsewhere… “I really don’t know how it happened, how it is that I came to feel myself equal to tackling the headiest of topics” — Rebecca Newberger Goldstein recalls getting hooked on the “ecstasy” of abstract ideas “The core aspiration of the project was to create opportunities for the public to...
Elizabeth “Vicky” Spelman, professor of philosophy at Smith College, died this past December. Professor Spelman was known for her work in feminist philosophy, and also wrote on philosophical issues related to race, ethics, personhood, trash, and other subjects. She is the author of Inessential Woman: Problems of...
When over the past 85 years have certain terms and persons been more or less frequently discussed in the philosophical literature? Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) has begun looking into this. In the following guest post, he shares some initial findings. The information may be useful in a number of ways. As he...
Dagfinn Føllesdal, professor of philosophy emeritus at Stanford University and the University of Oslo, has died. Professor Føllesdal was known for his work in philosophy of language, logic, and on the philosophies of Husserl and Quine. (When named a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav by the King of...
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more. (If we missed anything, please let us know.) SEP New: Disability and Well-Being by Stephen M. Campbell, Joseph A....
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