16+ hour, 39+ min ago  (342+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession That finding is from a new study by Michael Prinzing (Wake Forest University), "The Role of Empirical Evidence in Philosophy," forthcoming in'Synthese. Prinzing used a GPT model to examine the citations in 38,442 articles published…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (592+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession It's April Fools Day'a day of jokey trickery, of practical jokes. Unlike in year's past (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022) I have no jokey post. Depending on how you feel about that I'd like to say either "I'm sorry…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (422+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession Alan Musgrave, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Otago, died this past January. The following obituary is by Charles Pigden, professor of philosophy at the University of Otago. We mourn the death…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (295+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession 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. Compiled by Michael Glawson…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (529+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession But scholars have unequal access to conferences, often owing to where such conferences are held and the availability of funding. As'Kritika Maheshwari (Delft University of Technology), Thierry Ngosso (University of St. Gallen), and Brian…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (519+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession "Philosophy is a dialectical discipline that thrives in the clash, reconciliation, and creative synthesis of diverse views; and our views are profoundly shaped by our cultural backgrounds and life experiences. Uniformity dulls our collective…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago  (281+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession A philosopher who has written several books has a question about the publication of translations. I just signed a book contract and it explicitly states the translation fee and my royalties on translations. I…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (476+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession "David Hume was not a Humean." So says Galen Strawson, regarding the so-called Humean account of causation and what Strawson takes to be Hume's actual account, in a recent post at his newsletter (a…...

1+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (816+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession When over the past 85 years have certain terms and persons been more or less frequently discussed in the philosophical literature? Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) has begun looking into this.In the following guest post,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (429+ words) news for & about the philosophy profession If you appreciate Rawls, you should read this brief essay by Joseph Heath. If you don't appreciate Rawls, you should read this brief essay by Joseph Heath. If you're in the first group, you'll…...