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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?

Two philosophers are recognized for their courage in standing up for academic freedom and freedom of speech...

Two philosophy graduate students are among the new class of Newcombe fellows...

New philosophy book reviews, new philosophy podcast episodes, and new and revised entries at online philosophy resources...

How has the development and spread of AI affected the employment prospects of college graduates across different areas of study?

There's a new prize in political theory/political philosophy...

Which philosophical ideas are behind their time (as opposed to ahead of their time)?

"Even when, perhaps especially when, they’re initially inclined to think they’ll have nothing interesting to say, they end up having something interesting to say."

The Dept. of Philosophy at Buffalo is launching a new PhD program in applied ontology.

Testing the moral reasoning of AIs. All about physicalism. 25 rules for writing a philosophy paper. What Ryle did during WW2. Age and creativity in scientists. Interviews with Hanna Pickard and Mark Anderson...

The "leadership" of the University of Hertfordshire has decided to close eight of the school's humanities undergraduate programs. A petition reveals, among other things, that the decision was made with no faculty input.

"Your PhD students working on meta-ethics, philosophy of action, or normative ethics" could "have their hardest questions at 2AM." But you need sleep! Fortunately, a firm is offering to sell you some help: an AI replica of yourself.

A federal court judge ruled today that Texas State University must at least temporarily reinstate philosopher Idris Robinson, whom the university fired from his assistant professorship over a talk he gave about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Fewer graduating college students in the US are majoring in philosophy...

An organization says that if you accept and agree to supervise one of their pre-screened applicants to your PhD program, you will receive a $60,000 "donation" for you to use as you please...

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

Why read the original philosophical texts?

now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

University of Hertfordshire to no longer be a university...

Philosopher Robert Ladenson, who founded the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, has died.

Emily Rolfe Grosholz, professor emerita of philosophy, English, and African American studies at Penn State, has died.

A multidisciplinary interactive map of over 200 theories of consciousness...

Texas vs. Academic Freedom

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

Gradated Gettier cases. The right to be known. Math without infinity. Trust in higher education. The power of prediction. Self-undermining AI. Reflections on philosophy-blogging for 20 years...

"I wonder if these people have ever seen a student’s face when they finally understand something for the first time. What’s more, I wonder if they’ve ever seen a student experience the unique delight in not knowing."

William "Bill" Prior, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Santa Clara University, has died.

The huge fine levied against the University of Sussex following the resignation of philosopher Kathleen Stock has been overturned by the court.

It seems there may be people in philosophy outsourcing their refereeing work to AIs...

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

Arizona State is developing an AI-oriented philosophy major program. What other colleges and universities are doing something like this?

Why today's AI's can't be conscious. "Poli-fi": like sci-fi but for politics. Should you press the red or blue button? Nietzsche's music. Cynicism in the academy. A memoir about philosophy popularizer Rick Roderick. AI and degrees of understanding...

The 2026 Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy goes to...

Any philosophers out there have philosophy-related tattoos?

Which journals are friendly to experimental philosophy?

Philosophers among the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences...

"We, the undersigned, condemn Professor Robinson’s removal and demand that Texas State University reinstate him immediately. We also call for an academic boycott of Texas State University until such time as Professor Robinson has been reinstated..."

A new prize from the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy aims to promote work on the interaction between American Pragmatism and philosophy around the world.

How does your department handle prospective grad student visits?

The editor of a new journal criticizes contemporary moral philosophy as "at once highly sophisticated and manifestly barren"...