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This may be the largest single grant for a project led by a philosophy professor.
Notre Dame AI Ethics Project Wins $50.8 Million Grant - Daily Nous
The University of Notre Dame's Institute for the Ethics and the Common Good (ECG), directed by philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan, has received a $50.8 million grant for work on various moral proble...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This may be the largest single grant for a project led by a philosophy professor.
Georgetown is the latest philosophy department to announce cuts to its PhD admissions for fall 2026...
Georgetown Philosophy Suspends PhD Admissions for Fall 2026 - Daily Nous
The Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University will not be accepting any PhD students for the 2026-2027 academic year. The decision is owed to "budget constraints" and was directed by the Colle...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Georgetown is the latest philosophy department to announce cuts to its PhD admissions for fall 2026...
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He sees you when you’re sleeping. Hmmm. He knows when you’re awake. Okay. He knows if you've been bad or good. Interesting... What else does Santa Claus know, and how does he know it?
Just What Exactly Does Santa Know, and How? (guest post) - Daily Nous
He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. What else does Santa Claus know, and how does he know it? These are the questions Derek Anderson (Boston University) examines in his timel...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
He sees you when you’re sleeping. Hmmm. He knows when you’re awake. Okay. He knows if you've been bad or good. Interesting... What else does Santa Claus know, and how does he know it?
He sees you when you’re sleeping. Hmmm. He knows when you’re awake. Okay. He knows if you've been bad or good. Interesting... What else does Santa Claus know, and how does he know it?
Just What Exactly Does Santa Know, and How? (guest post) - Daily Nous
He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. What else does Santa Claus know, and how does he know it? These are the questions Derek Anderson (Boston University) examines in his timel...
dailynous.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
He sees you when you’re sleeping. Hmmm. He knows when you’re awake. Okay. He knows if you've been bad or good. Interesting... What else does Santa Claus know, and how does he know it?
In today's college courses, “both reading and writing no longer function properly.” Still, one professor has managed to create a remarkable learning environment in his philosophy course. Here, he shares what he has done.
When You and Your Students Write the Book of Your Course (guest post) - Daily Nous
Some people have the ability to look at a mess and see the makings of something beautiful. I don't know David Kishik personally, but judging from what he is doing in the classroom, it seems like he is...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In today's college courses, “both reading and writing no longer function properly.” Still, one professor has managed to create a remarkable learning environment in his philosophy course. Here, he shares what he has done.
The American Philosophical Association has announced the winners of its latest round of prizes...
APA Prizes – Fall/Winter 2025 Edition - Daily Nous
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its latest round of prizes. Below are the prizes and their winners. 2025 AI2050 Prizes ($10,000 each. Awarded in recognition o...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The American Philosophical Association has announced the winners of its latest round of prizes...
The appeal of "mere civility". AI consciousness ≠ AI sentience. Is "I think therefore I am" a bad translation? Night at the museum of philosophy. Chuck Norris philosophy jokes. Why pick political leaders randomly? Annals of surprising ignorance: why is ice slippery? dailynous.com/2025/12/22/m...
Mini-Heap - Daily Nous
Links links links... In defense of “mere civility” as a governing strategy for campus conflict -- because, says Marie Newhouse, "No set of shared values specific enough to be action-guiding will be en...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The appeal of "mere civility". AI consciousness ≠ AI sentience. Is "I think therefore I am" a bad translation? Night at the museum of philosophy. Chuck Norris philosophy jokes. Why pick political leaders randomly? Annals of surprising ignorance: why is ice slippery? dailynous.com/2025/12/22/m...
At least one academic publisher is now outsourcing article production to an AI firm. How's it going?
Problems with Publishers Moving to AI-Based Production - Daily Nous
Straive is a firm that uses AI to, among other things, help publishers with various tasks "across the publishing value chain". One of its clients is Springer Nature, the publisher of many philosophy j...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
At least one academic publisher is now outsourcing article production to an AI firm. How's it going?
There isn't a lot of data about about the quality of teaching at colleges and universities. But would it be better if there were?
The Dangers of Data on Teaching in Higher Education - Daily Nous
"The dirtiest secret in higher education is that there is no good data on the quality of teaching and teachers on college campuses." So begins an interesting essay, "Teaching Quality," by Hollis Robbi...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There isn't a lot of data about about the quality of teaching at colleges and universities. But would it be better if there were?
A philosopher shares "the great stories of bioethics"
The Stories of Bioethics - Daily Nous
"When Medicine Becomes Torture: Burn Patient Dax Cowart and His Involuntary Treatment for 232 Days", "Bomber, Pass By: How the Abortion-Clinic Bomber almost Killed Me", and "The Biggest Loser Wasn't J...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A philosopher shares "the great stories of bioethics"
A variety of philosophical projects have been awarded funding in a recent round of grants from the Swedish Research Council.
Philosophers Among Swedish Research Council Grant Winners - Daily Nous
Several projects led by philosophers are among the recent recipients of large grants from the Swedish Research Council. They are: Natural Properties – a Causation-First Approach Bram Vaassen (Umeå Uni...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A variety of philosophical projects have been awarded funding in a recent round of grants from the Swedish Research Council.
A new project to digitize the complete works of Rudolf Carnap will be getting underway...
The Complete Carnap: Online and Open-Access - Daily Nous
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) are launching a joint project to digitize and place online the complete works of Rudolf ...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A new project to digitize the complete works of Rudolf Carnap will be getting underway...
New reviews of philosophy books, new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new episodes of philosophy podcasts...
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update - Daily Nous
New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, and more—including, now, a section on recently published open access philosophy books (if...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New reviews of philosophy books, new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new episodes of philosophy podcasts...
The idea that "Frege created logic and analytic philosophy out of nothing” leaves something out: his dad (who was a German Idealist!)
Frege and Philosophy at Home - Daily Nous
When did analytic philosophy begin? Many who ask that question answer: 1879, the year Gottlob Frege's Begriffsschrift was published. But how did Frege, a math professor whose studies originally focuse...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The idea that "Frege created logic and analytic philosophy out of nothing” leaves something out: his dad (who was a German Idealist!)
Two big grants for AI-related projects at Northeastern led by philosophers...
Two Substantial AI-Related Grants for Northeastern University Philosophers - Daily Nous
Philosophers at Northeastern University have been awarded two substantial grants for work related to artificial intelligence. One is a $400,000 grant to Katie Creel and John Basl from the Alfred P. Sl...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Two big grants for AI-related projects at Northeastern led by philosophers...
One of this year's recipients of the prestigious Leibniz prize is a philosopher...
Vetter Wins Leibniz Prize - Daily Nous
Barbara Vetter, professor of theoretical philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, has been awarded a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The Leibniz Prize is...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
One of this year's recipients of the prestigious Leibniz prize is a philosopher...
New journal: Experimental Philosophy
New Journal: Experimental Philosophy - Daily Nous
A new peer-reviewed open-access journal, Experimental Philosophy, has been launched. . According to a description on its website, Experimental Philosophy is an open-access journal founded to enable au...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New journal: Experimental Philosophy
A human philosopher reports back from an OpenAI higher ed summit. The philosophy of "Pluribus". Boredom is not good, actually. Liberalism & socialism, Rawls & Marx. A philosopher's poems about the American Revolution. Reading through Ruth Barcan Marcus's Modalities. Education's "auto-cannibalism".
Mini-Heap - Daily Nous
The latest links... “There will be no Q&A sessions. There will be no dead air. We shall not hear the tick-tock of the clock. How will OpenAI learn from us? I feel a flash of small panic, like a trappe...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A human philosopher reports back from an OpenAI higher ed summit. The philosophy of "Pluribus". Boredom is not good, actually. Liberalism & socialism, Rawls & Marx. A philosopher's poems about the American Revolution. Reading through Ruth Barcan Marcus's Modalities. Education's "auto-cannibalism".
“Arguments are, at best, the regulatory structure of philosophy. But we often tell our students that the regulatory structure is the thing itself!.. Students come away with the notion that their job is to argue for/against ideas, rather than to generate the ideas…”
Argument Isn’t Everything: On Creativity in Philosophy - Daily Nous
"I don’t believe that arguing is usually the way we come up with good ideas. Argument might be an effective way of deciding which ideas to believe in. But adjudication is not creation. Safety inspecti...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Arguments are, at best, the regulatory structure of philosophy. But we often tell our students that the regulatory structure is the thing itself!.. Students come away with the notion that their job is to argue for/against ideas, rather than to generate the ideas…”
Editors at a Springer Nature logic journal resign and launch new open-access journal, Philosophical Logic.
Editors at Springer’s Journal of Philosophical Logic Resign, Launch New Open Access Journal - Daily Nous
All of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature's Journal of Philosophical Logic have announced their immediate or pending resignation and the launch, as of today, of a new "diamo...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Editors at a Springer Nature logic journal resign and launch new open-access journal, Philosophical Logic.
Are you planning a summer program in philosophy? Spread the word about it at Daily Nous.
Philosophy Summer Programs 2026 - Daily Nous
Are you putting on a philosophy summer program, philosophy summer school, or philosophy camp in 2025? Listing your summer programs here at Daily Nous increases the chances that more people (including ...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Are you planning a summer program in philosophy? Spread the word about it at Daily Nous.
A philosopher wins what is sometimes referred to as "the Belgian Nobel Prize"
Nanay Wins 2025 Ernest-John Solvay Prize - Daily Nous
Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp, has been awarded the 2025 Ernest-John Solvay Excellence Prize in the Humanities. The Humanities prize is awarded once every five year...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A philosopher wins what is sometimes referred to as "the Belgian Nobel Prize"
New philosophy book reviews, new updates to online philosophy resources, new episodes of philosophy podcasts...
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update - Daily Nous
New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, and more—including, now, a section on recently published open access philosophy books (if...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New philosophy book reviews, new updates to online philosophy resources, new episodes of philosophy podcasts...
It's the last day to enter! Join the holiday fun by suggesting a gift, and you could win it (or any one of the other gifts listed that you like).
Tell Us About A Great Holiday Gift And You Might Just Get It - Daily Nous
LAST DAY TO ENTER! Tell us about something that would make a great gift, and in exchange you get a chance of winning it or any of the other gifts people suggest. That's right, it's time for the Daily ...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's the last day to enter! Join the holiday fun by suggesting a gift, and you could win it (or any one of the other gifts listed that you like).
Jim Bogen, a philosopher at the University of Pittsburgh and, before that, Pitzer College, has died. dailynous.com/2025/12/04/j...
James Bogen (1935-2025) - Daily Nous
James "Jim" Bogen, a longtime professor of philosophy at Pitzer College as well as an adjunct professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, has died. Professor Bogen ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Jim Bogen, a philosopher at the University of Pittsburgh and, before that, Pitzer College, has died. dailynous.com/2025/12/04/j...