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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Jason Turner, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona, will be moving to the University of Notre Dame. Professor Turner works in metaphysics, philosophy of action, and philosophy of logic. He is the author of The...
Later this week, at least two philosophers will risk arrest by taking part in the largest-ever open rescue in the history of animal activism. Ridglan Farms, located in Wisconsin, is, according to David Killoren, visiting professor of...
Recent links… Previously unknown poems by Iris Murdoch have been discovered and will be read at an upcoming festival — including “a very moving love poem” about Elizabeth Anscombe “The suspicion that he abused a white girl is a threat to...
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more. (If we missed anything, please let us...
Louis deRosset, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Vermont, will be moving to the University of Notre Dame. Professor deRosset works in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of logic. He is the author of...
Martin Peterson, currently professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, will be moving to Southern Methodist University (SMU). Professor Peterson works in ethics, particularly normative ethics, engineering ethics, and the ethics of...
The National Humanities Center (NHC) recently announced its fellows for the 2026-27 academic year, and two philosophers are among them. They are S.M. Love (Georgia State University) for the project, “Freedom from the Market: A Kantian...
The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced that its 2026 Prize in Metaphysics has been awarded to Ezra Rubenstein and Verónica Gómez-Sánchez (both of UC Berkeley). They won the prize for their paper, “Logical Atomism“. Here’s the abstract...
The trial of Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, begins today. The trial concerns his actions at a protest during a Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid of a...
How many publications do early career job applicants in academic philosophy have? How many courses have they taught? How have the answers to these questions changed over the past decade? These are some of the questions addressed by...
Early this morning, Sharif University of Technology, Iran’s leading technical university, was bombed. As of the writing of this post, it was unclear whether the bombing was carried out by the United States or Israel or both. Neither has...
The ideas of 5th Century BCE philosopher Empedocles have reached us only through paraphrases or fragmentary quotes of his work by later authors—until now. A part of the recently discovered papyrus containing verses believed to be by...
This is the weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more. (If we missed anything, please let us...
Items of interest elsewhere… A survey of Kant’s relationships with women, including the “catastrophically underrated” Caroline von Keyserlingk — Daniel Andreas dishes on Kant’s love life. Don’t miss the sexy letter from Maria Charlotta...
Charles E. Scott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Research Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Vanderbilt University and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Penn State University, known for his work in continental philosophy,...