New links... “Do we have the right to rewrite nature so we can perpetuate our nature-killing ways?” -- on using gene-editing as an environmentalist tool There were 6870 instances of book bans in the U...

A philosophy professor has a question about teaching that I think will resonate with many readers. . This professor teaches many lower- and mid-level philosophy courses in ethics and epistemology, but...

According to a site that aggregates data from several betting markets, bettors think there's a 63.9% chance that the Democratic Party will regain control of the US House of Representatives in the midt...

The Public Philosophy Network has published the first volume in its series of "Guides to Public Philosophy." The guides are intended to provide useful advice about engaging in public philosophy. Some ...

New interesting things elsewhere... “Affirm the real existence of everything that is left over of the human, once politics is subtracted. Authoritarianism, practically by definition, does not want to ...

"One of the most visible and impactful ways that philosophers demonstrate their practical value," says Matthew Kisner, professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, is by having ethicis...

The settlement in the copyright lawsuit against Anthropic provides authors of books they trained their AI on with compensation. The amount of compensation ultimately depends on the number of people wh...

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes… (If we missed anything, let us know.) SEP New: ∅ Revised: Psycho...

"It is often thought that philosophical excellence is the sole province of the genius. I by contrast believe that it can be achieved through countless small techniques that can be taught and learned."...

"It is often thought that philosophical excellence is the sole province of the genius. I by contrast believe that it can be achieved through countless small techniques that can be taught and learned."...

Recent additions to the Heap of Links... “What is the relationship between disability and well-being?” -- in taking up this question, philosophers must consult---and critically analyze---the empirical...

Where do you like to write? Via Jason Kottke, I learned of a recent article in Wallpaper with photos of the favored writing spaces of a dozen authors longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Some write o...

This is a transcript of a guest lecture I gave to a class on the philosophy of law taught by Andrew I. Cohen– who is, surprisingly enough, a whole different...

This past June, Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, died at the age of 46. Remembered not merely as a professor, but as a source of assistance, advice, and kindness for o...

In this era of AI, "can we still rely on take-home writing assignments to assess student learning? And, should we allow students to use ChatGPT in order to complete such assignments? My answer to both...

Last April, Mohsen Mahdawi, then a philosophy major at Columbia University, was attending a US citizenship application interview in Vermont when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wearin...

In a recent editorial, Douglas Portmore (Notre Dame), the editor-in-chief of Ethics, sets forth some "initial guidelines" about AI use for the journal. He says his remarks "represent only my own opini...

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes… (If we’ve missed anything, please let us know.) SEP New: ∅ Revis...

Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act th...

New links... Intellectual jokes: good. Smart people jokes: not so good. -- so says Linch Zhang, with some good examples of the former “A story about the absurd, immense power of the giving of reasons”...

We've talked previously about some of the various tasks that philosophers might have large language models help them with in their work, mainly focusing on the ethics of doing so. But what about the mechanics of doing so? There are different ways to make use of AIs like ChatGPT. You could simply open it up

Adrian Kind, a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy and psychology at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, is one of the winners of the 2025 Open Access Award. The award is given by Open Library of ...

The Bowl is a new documentary that follows a team of six girls and their teacher as they prepare for and compete in the National High School Ethics Bowl---and you may be able to arrange an interactive screening of it in your town. . Created by documentary filmmaker Eli Yetter-Bowman of Ethereal Films, The Bowl aims