“The fact that you, an expert human, generated the text is evidence that the view is worth thinking about—more so than if the text were generated by an LLM.”

Advice for giving a philosophy job talk…

Some students think: “By asking them to read... professors are arbitrarily withholding information from students by forcing them to get it through this more difficult medium.”

"I just have a thing that I and others have found useful for teaching logic, and it seemed wrong not to share it. So I’ve opened it up..."

Dr. Brown's, of course. Summa cum laude for Cel-Ray.

Life as agency. What the scientific virtue of simplicity means today. The conceptual inflation of "racist". A bibliography of the mind. What beliefs are. Rawls: a favorite American. Philosophy of science reading group...

"By shortening the time between asking a question and getting an answer, these [AI] tools are actually undermining curiosity". Philosophy, by contrast, appears to specialize in lengthening that time...

A new mentorship program from Warwick's Centre for Ethics, Law and Public Affairs pairs early-career scholars from the Global South with established senior academics from around the world...

A growing media narrative says AI companies are suddenly hiring philosophers. The story is attractive, but the reality is much messier...

The ongoing puzzle of It’s Hard To Learn Things And Grades Are Meaningless But I Would Prefer To Do No Work And I Insist On Getting An A.

Luke Fenton-Glynn, a philosopher at Monash University, and before that, University College London, has died.

Philosophy grads from families with higher socioeconomic status are more likely to earn their PhDs from more prestigious programs. The graduates of such programs are more likely to prefer, and obtain, academic (vs. non-academic) jobs. That & related data...

The American Philosophical Association (@apaphilosophy) has launched an academic job market mentoring program...

"Norms surrounding conflict disclosure (financial and non-financial) are basically non-existent" in philosophy, which is something that should change as the tech industry becomes increasingly interested in working with philosophers...

Harvey Lederman (UT Austin) will be joining Anthropic AI. See update at this post...

"One of humanity’s oldest disciplines and one of its newest inventions feel distinctly made for each other." On the AI-fueled demand for philosophers...

What AI takes from students. How to think about how your work doesn't constitute progress in philosophy. New developments in artificial life. Fighting grade-grubbing. Thought without senses. Richard Moran on the Vanderbilt Report. Tenure letter for Thales...

A new Dept. of Education rule says college programs' graduates must earn a certain amount of money for their students to continue to have access to federal aid programs...

A well-regarded philosophy journal pauses submissions...

The entire editorial team at a journal of a for-profit publisher resigned and formed a new open-access journal. It has now published its first article...

A petition objects to faculty cuts that represent an “existential threat to humanities and social science disciplines at Exeter.”

Philosopher Rebecca Tuvel is interviewed about the lessons and effects of "almost getting canceled", nine years after the "Hypatia Transracialism Controversy"

New reviews of philosophy books, new and updated entries at online philosophy resources, new episodes of philosophy podcasts, new open-access philosophy books...

Faculty on the move...

Skepticism about philosophy (from philosophers). Boosterism about philosophy (from The Economist). The colors of your life (not your screen). The ethics of pirated research. Trolley problem love song. AI and ancient philosophy. Greed...

“I’m very fond of the take-home essay, as there’s something irreplaceable about the experience..." How one professor set out to try and save that experience for his students...

"Gender critical" philosopher's attempt to exclude trans colleague from serving on an REF panel is dismissed.

Gender differences in publication rates, teaching loads, and program satisfaction in the early stages of a career in academic philosophy...

When a philosophy journal disappears...

University of Dundee leaders plans to make it impossible for students there to pursue a degree in philosophy.

For the political philosophers and ethicists out there: have you heard of, or experienced, "ethics washing"? With some fabulous co-conspirers, we've written about it: dailynous.com/2026/06/16/w.... And if you want to share experiences anonymously, use this link: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of several prizes...

Wittgenstein-themed folk rock concept album. The meaning of life. On the idea that Frege invented analytic philosophy. Scientists & scientific realism. Arguing for the humanities *effectively*. AI & sports. Envisioning the future of online conferences. The philosophy of the home. And more...

A philosophy professor has created a new tool to help preserve the value of student writing assignments in the AI era.

Ethics-washing: what it is and why you might not even know you're involved in it.

A philosopher wins a substantial prize for her work building “a bridge between philosophy and the actual practice of science.”

A Rutgers philosophy PhD who has held academic and non-academic positions over her career has been selected to lead Australia's new AI Safety Institute.

“Philosophers were the first targets of Orbán’s ‘culture war.’” The story of an authoritarian attack on philosophy and signs of recovery...

“I’m teaching care for their own particular point of view, a disdain for all things ‘vibes’ that aren’t carefully thought out, and a deep understanding of the courage it takes to withdraw from other people for a while, to have braved a thought all on your own.”

AI & the philosophy job market dailynous.com/2026/06/03/a...

Faculty on the move…

“The danger… is very real. The charges, bogus though they are, carry a sentence of up to ten years in a Russian penal colony.”

One philosophy department's policy on AI use by students...

One philosopher is under house arrest and several others associated with the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences were interrogated and had their offices and homes searched...

New virtual writing groups for people working on dissertations in philosophy are forming now...

Nagel on Scanlon. What is a woman? Moral luck and parenting. Threat of terrorism as political tool. The value of a liberal arts education. The "AI zombification" of universities. Thoughtful, the philosophical non-profit...

New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new episodes of philosophy podcasts...

Faculty on the move...

Philosophy and other departments at Nottingham will see significant cuts to their faculty if the administration's plan is implemented.

What are good brick-and-mortar bookstores for shopping for philosophy books?