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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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Birkbeck College of the University of London will be eliminating its undergraduate program in philosophy, according to an email from the University’s Director of Student Services. The email states that the University has decided to stop admitting students into the philosophy BA program after the November 2026...
Where in the world should you buy philosophy books? Sure, there’s the convenience of large online retailers, but there can be more to buying a book than just getting a good price on it. Do you want books and reading to be a live part of your city’s culture or the places you visit? Do you want to live in a place...
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has bestowed its Berkson Courageous Colleague Award on two philosophers. Clemson faculty members Charlie Kurth, left, and Mike Gregory, right, receive the Berkson Courageous Colleague Award (FIRE). Those two philosophers are Mike Gregory and Charlie Kurth,...
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation has announced the winners of its 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships. The fellowship program provides support to PhD candidates in the humanities and social sciences writing dissertations on questions of religion, ethics, morals, or values. Twenty new fellows were announced,...
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 know.) SEP New: Plato’s Laws by Chris Bobonich and Katherine Meadows. Economic...
A study by The Economist looked at how the employment prospects of college graduates have changed over the past few years as AI use by potential employers has increased. The concern is that firms will hire fewer people if they can use AI to complete the tasks that otherwise would have been handled by entry-level...
The Australian Political Studies Association has created a new prize in political theory and philosophy in memory of Peter Balint, a political theorist at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, who died in January, 2025. Professor Balint’s research concerned toleration, diversity, multiculturalism, and social...
Economist Alex Tabarrok (GMU) recently wrote of “ideas behind their time”. He explains: We are all familiar with ideas said to be ahead of their time, Babbage’s analytical engine and da Vinci’s helicopter are classic examples. We are also familiar with ideas “of their time,” ideas that were “in the air” and thus...
Philosopher David Boonin (University of Colorado Boulder) is inviting other Jewish philosophers to contribute to a collection of writings he’s putting together. [The seder dinner scene from “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (1989)]The idea is to ask philosophers who are Jewish, regardless of whether they consider themselves...
The University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy is launching what will be the first PhD program in applied ontology. . [Acid Dyes for Felt Pile, Base Colors, Société Anonyme des Matières Colorantes et Produits Chimiques de Saint-Denis]It will be a fully online, asynchronous program, and it will enroll students...
The latest links… A tendency to move from “disruptive innovation” to “novelty through recombining existing insights into new connective ideas” — a study of work by millions of scientists over six decades on the relationship between researcher age and creativity “If you can… have philosophy and creativity and, let’s...
Administrators at the University of Hertfordshire are eliminating not just philosophy (as reported last week) from the school, but also undergraduate programs in English Language and Linguistics, English Literature, Creative Writing, and History. The reason given for these cuts is that the programmes are ‘no longer...
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