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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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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: Legal Positivism by Leslie Green and Thomas Adams. The Ergodic Hierarchy by Roman Frigg, Joseph Berkovitz, and Fred Kronz....
New links… “Do we have the right to rewrite nature so we can perpetuate our nature-killing ways?” — on using gene-editing as an environmentalist tool There were 6870 instances of book bans in the US during the 2024-25 school year. The most-banned book is A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. — a report on “the...
A philosophy professor has a question about teaching that I think will resonate with many readers. . This professor teaches many lower- and mid-level philosophy courses in ethics and epistemology, but sometimes other subfields as well, and they have a problem they’re hoping some of you can help with. They write: I...
According to a site that aggregates data from several betting markets, bettors think there’s a 63.9% chance that the Democratic Party will regain control of the US House of Representatives in the midterm elections scheduled for November 3rd, 2026. This is aligned with historically-informed analyses of the election,...
The Public Philosophy Network has published the first volume in its series of “Guides to Public Philosophy.” The guides are intended to provide useful advice about engaging in public philosophy. Some of the guides cover subfields of philosophy, such as philosophy of science and aesthetics. Others are about specific...
New interesting things elsewhere… “Affirm the real existence of everything that is left over of the human, once politics is subtracted. Authoritarianism, practically by definition, does not want to find anything left over. It does not know what to do with that remainder.” — Justin Smith-Ruiu on changing the world...
“One of the most visible and impactful ways that philosophers demonstrate their practical value,” says Matthew Kisner, professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, is by having ethicists “embedded in a professional setting, working alongside clinicians and health care professionals.” He is now...
The settlement in the copyright lawsuit against Anthropic provides authors of books they trained their AI on with compensation. The amount of compensation ultimately depends on the number of people who file a claim, but estimates are that claimants will receive a little under $3000 per book. The total settlement...
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: Psychoanalytic Feminism by Claudia Leeb and Emily Zakin. Kant’s Moral Philosophy by Robert Johnson and Adam Cureton....
“It is often thought that philosophical excellence is the sole province of the genius. I by contrast believe that it can be achieved through countless small techniques that can be taught and learned.” So writes Neil Mehta, professor of philosophy at National University of Singapore, in his, “A Guide to Professional...
Recent additions to the Heap of Links… “What is the relationship between disability and well-being?” — in taking up this question, philosophers must consult—and critically analyze—the empirical literature, says Avram Hiller Tractatus lego-philosophicus — Philip Bold offers fellow philosophy instructors a useful...
Where do you like to write? Via Jason Kottke, I learned of a recent article in Wallpaper with photos of the favored writing spaces of a dozen authors longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Some write outside on benches, some at desks, at least one at the kitchen table. How about you? In this post, I invite people to...
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