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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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Eduardo Mendieta, professor of philosophy at Penn State University, has died. Professor Mendieta, described by some as a “giant” in Latin American and Latinx philosophy, wrote on various topics in ethics, social and political philosophy, the human condition, animals, critical theory, and philosophy of race. He is...
The fundraising competition among departments of philosophy to raise funds to fight malaria, launched at the start of this month, has come to an end. Malte Hendrickx (Michigan), who organizes the annual competition, says that this year it raised a total of $23,750. That buys around 11,800 anti-malaria mosquito nets....
New links… “Some objects and properties that make up a body are too specific or small—too deep—to properly count as parts of the body in a morally significant sense” — Christopher Register on the ontological “depth” of bodies, and why it is important “Why shouldn’t we think of men as characterized by the gentleness...
The University of Notre Dame’s Institute for the Ethics and the Common Good (ECG), directed by philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan, has received a $50.8 million grant for work on various moral problems related to artificial intelligence (AI). The grant is from the Lilly Endowment, a private foundation that supports...
The Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University will not be accepting any PhD students for the 2026-2027 academic year. The decision is owed to “budget constraints” and was directed by the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgetown. It is expected that admissions will resume for fall of 2027. The Hoya reports:...
He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. What else does Santa Claus know, and how does he know it? These are the questions Derek Anderson (Boston University) examines in his timely investigative report, below. Seasons greetings, everyone! (A version of this post first appeared at Dr. Anderson’s...
Some people have the ability to look at a mess and see the makings of something beautiful. I don’t know David Kishik personally, but judging from what he is doing in the classroom, it seems like he is one of those people. A professor of philosophy at Emerson College, he looked at contemporary college courses and...
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its latest round of prizes. Below are the prizes and their winners. 2025 AI2050 Prizes ($10,000 each. Awarded in recognition of outstanding philosophical scholarship relating to artificial intelligence.) Early Career Researcher: Raphaël...
Links links links… In defense of “mere civility” as a governing strategy for campus conflict — because, says Marie Newhouse, “No set of shared values specific enough to be action-guiding will be endorsed by all students, faculty, and staff, no matter how carefully those values are selected” Would an AI have moral...
Straive is a firm that uses AI to, among other things, help publishers with various tasks “across the publishing value chain”. One of its clients is Springer Nature, the publisher of many philosophy journals. Recently, Harry R. Lloyd, assistant professor of philosophy at UNC Chapel Hill, had an article accepted for...
“The dirtiest secret in higher education is that there is no good data on the quality of teaching and teachers on college campuses.” So begins an interesting essay, “Teaching Quality,” by Hollis Robbins at her newsletter, Anecdotal Value. Robbins laments the lack of data on instructional quality in higher education....
“When Medicine Becomes Torture: Burn Patient Dax Cowart and His Involuntary Treatment for 232 Days”, “Bomber, Pass By: How the Abortion-Clinic Bomber almost Killed Me”, and “The Biggest Loser Wasn’t Just Unhealthy—It Was Unethical” are just three of the episodes in Gregory Pence’s video series, Great Stories in...
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