Daily Nous
Daily Nous
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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Daniela Vacek, a philosopher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Comenius University, has received the ESET Science Award for Outstanding Scientist in Slovakia Under the Age of 35. Dr. Vacek was given the award in recognition of her...
Links! Links! Links! When we “leave something to the imagination,” what are we doing? — Luke Roelofs takes up the question “Most people are such that most people they know are more social than they are” — a short demonstration from Alex...
What is the institutional future of philosophy? Various demographic, economic, and technological developments raise concerns about the long term survival of traditional institutions of higher education, and over the past decade or so...
The Trump administration has issued an update to the president’s recent proclamation about new visa fees, with implications for current international students and faculty. Last month, the Trump administration announced that new...
Harvard University is drastically cutting the number of PhD students it is admitting over the next two years. The sciences will see a 75% reduction in new PhD slots, and departments in the arts and humanities will see a reduction of 60%,...
It’s International Open Access Week. In honor of the occasion, I invite those who have authored or edited an open access book in philosophy to share it in the comments here, with a link to where it is available. Open Access Week is...
The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) will be 50 years old next year. Renée Smith, Professor of Philosophy at Coastal Carolina University, was recently elected president of the AAPT. In the following guest post, she...
A researcher in political theory has developed a new resource for early-career scholars working in political theory, political philosophy, and related fields. It’s a database of regularly-offered grants and fellowships that are aimed at...
“Whenever I see people engaged in philosophical debate or argument, I want to see people trying to win. I like my philosophy adversarial, aggressive, combative, and even hostile. I think there are some good reasons for this approach… but...
A proofreading and writing consultancy developed by a pair of philosophers is offering a set of modest scholarships for graduate students with dyslexia. The scholarships are offered by Lex Academic, run by Louise Chapman and Constantine...
The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes… (If we missed anything, let us know.) SEP New: ∅ Revised: Dualism by Howard Robinson and Ralph Weir....
“The paradox is that the more analytic philosophy became dominant in the universities, the more it became removed from the concerns of the average person with philosophical interests.” And “it has had little impact on the general culture...
What do you do as a philosophy professor? What does it take to get a job as a philosophy professor? To get tenure? What is teaching like? What is a philosophy department like as a work environment? How much does college or university...
Just a few years ago, the philosophy major seemed on the rise. Now, the data reveal a different picture. As Eric Schwitzgebel shares in the following guest post, the number of undergraduate degrees awarded in philosophy (and their share...
New additions to the Heap… “The careless adage that Plato banished poetry should itself be banished” — Elaine Scarry makes the case, and argues that though “philosophy and poetry are distinct inventions… each suffers by keeping the other...