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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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Kathleen Creel, recently assistant professor of philosophy and computer science at Northeastern University, has moved to the University of Michigan, where she is now associate professor of philosophy. Professor Creel’s work focuses on the moral, political, and epistemic implications of machine learning, and on other...
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its 2026 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize. They are: Felipe De Brigard, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology & Neuroscience, a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, and Principal...
Gabriele Taylor, emeritus fellow in philosophy at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, has died. Gabriele Taylor was known for her work in moral philosophy, especially moral psychology. She is the author of Pride, Shame, and Guilt: Emotions of Self-Assessment (1985) and Deadly Vices (2006), among other works,...
New links in the Heap… “The ethics of war in the context of a culture war means that you accept that action you take in fighting such a war has harmful effects on your enemies, and that those harmful effects must be evaluated relative to their ultimate aims” — Barry Lam thinks “the culture wars could use some ethics...
Nathan Ballantyne (ASU) continues his wonderful series of thoughtful, in-depth interviews of philosophers, The Workbench, with a conversation with Paul Gooch (Toronto). . Paul Gooch The conversation is wide-ranging, with many amusing anecdotes (including one about the role Richard Taylor’s dog played at a...
Earlier this month, the journal Philosophy & Public Affairs published an article largely written by an AI. [Rubén Núñez – “Kinetic Experiment”]The article was described as an experiment by the philosopher who submitted it, Simon Goldstein (Hong Kong), and its publication was similarly described by the journal’s...
Nathan Cofnas has been suspended from his postdoctoral philosophy position at Ghent University. In a July 21st post on his newsletter, Cofnas accused Jason Arday, professor of sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, of plagiarism and fraudulent scholarship, and accused the university of covering this...
Tom Rockmore, professor emeritus of philosophy at Peking University and distinguished professor emeritus at Duquesne University, has died. (The following memorial notice was written by Gabriel Gottlieb.) Tom Rockmore, professor emeritus at Peking University, passed away on August 6th. He was known for his work on...
“State, provincial, and national policymakers in Canada, the UK, and US have pursued controversial proposals regulating access to gender affirming care, public bathrooms, and competitive sports… Many trans and nonbinary philosophers find themselves forced to make difficult decisions about where to apply for graduate...
Over a decade ago, Jennifer Whiting (Pittsburgh) asked us to seriously consider an idea of Annette Baier‘s regarding tenure and promotion decisions. Recent technological developments speak in favor of revisiting it. Initially, Baier’s proposal was meant to address how pregnancy and childcare may interfere with or...
Recent additions to the Heap of Links… A free online pamphlet with 25 pieces of valuable advice for your college students — “The College Success Rulebook” by Nathan Nobis “When I asked [the students] how they were managing to keep up with the brisk pace of the reading assignments, one of them candidly said, ‘Well,...
“Reading philosophy is valuable, but students can struggle to keep track of the reasoning. That’s why displaying the map of a philosophical argument can make the subject so much more accessible—especially to students new to the discipline.” Many philosophy instructors find argument-mapping an effective way of...
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