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New: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of AI and Computing

A new annual series and accompanying conference has been launched: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of AI and Computing (OSPAIC).

October 27, 2026
Don’t Sexually Harass Your Students (a continuing series)

A professor of philosophy at the University of Denver last year was found “responsible for sexually harassing a graduate student,” according to The Denver…

October 27, 2026
The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy

“Academic philosophy is generally healthy in most respects relevant to the work of the Commission.”

October 27, 2026
Coordinating the Philosophy Profession’s Response to the Use of AI in Research

We have discussed in many posts here how artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting—and could affect—different aspects of academic philosophy’s research ecosystem.

October 26, 2026
Linguistic and Conceptual Justice in AI

“Driven by the de facto dominance of English, AI multilingual alignment shows a form of cross-linguistic deference, a systematic tendency to resolve cross-linguistic disagreement…

October 26, 2026
Reminder: World Philosophy Day Coming Up Next Month

World Philosophy Day this year is Thursday, November 19th, 2026.

October 26, 2026
Timothy Smiley (1930-2026)

Timothy John Smiley, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, has died.

October 26, 2026
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more…

October 26, 2026
Where Intuitions Conflict

If you ask a group of people a philosophical question or present them with a challenging thought experiment, it’s often the case that they…

October 23, 2026
Death Just Got Out of This Truck (guest post)

“There are, I find, things I want philosophy to do that it cannot. Or that I cannot do with it.”

October 22, 2026
Mini-Heap

Latest links…

October 22, 2026
New Series of Philosophical Puzzles

PEA Soup is running a new series of posts on philosophical puzzles and thought experiments.

October 20, 2026
New Philosophy of AI Initiatives

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University of Toronto have launched new initiatives to support and focus philosophical research…

October 19, 2026
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more…

October 19, 2026
Putting the Pub in Public Philosophy

The Plough and Stars, a pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has begun hosting “philosophy nights”, and they’re a hit.

October 16, 2026
New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”

Why Teach Philosophy is a new series of interviews with philosophers known for their teaching, their research on philosophy pedagogy, or their work on curriculum…

October 15, 2026
AI Use in STEM and Philosophy Dissertations

We’ve asked before: “What is your department’s AI policy?” Perhaps you think a good academic AI policy should, to the extent possible, be sensitive…

October 15, 2026
PIKSI’s in Peril but You Can Help (guest post)

The Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institutes (PIKSI) in Boston aim to “broaden inclusion within professional philosophy.” In part because such efforts are…

October 14, 2026
Mini-Heap

New links…

October 13, 2026
The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy

“What do we lose if LLMs kill the journal system? Nothing but some heavy ass chains, and a few weak heuristics for assessing CVs…

October 13, 2026

Heap of Links

“Philosophy: head and heart” — Stephen Darwall's 2024 Dewey Lecture
Is there anything to the concept of “intrinsic human dignity”? — yes, says Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and "it names a burden as much as a distinction"
“Intuition is the cognitive means by which the conceptual structure of a situation is revealed to us” — whether that situation is a stylized thought experiment or a real world experience, says Marc A. Moffett
“Professors can’t fix the problem on their own” — Victor Kumar on what university administrators need to do address AI's threat to higher education
“The wall between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, which had sustained his theory for almost half a century, was no longer sturdy” — a profile of Michael Walzer, focusing on his thoughts about just war theory and the Israeli-Palestine conflict
We may think that we lose something significant when AI beats us to a discovery — if we do, Daniel Greco says, that seems to imply we gained something significant, too
“Once upon a time there were a couple of handsome naturalistic philosophers working in and around the philosophy of fiction” — thoughts on new directions in philosophy of fiction, from several philosophers
What is the debate over whether trans women are women even about? — Katie Zhou argues that it's about which facts are granted "the cross-contextual significance and stickiness characteristic of gender"
We’re putting human brain cells into mice brains — One moral risk of this, says Mackenzie Graham, is a decrease in our ability to interpret what mice behavior tells us about their experiences and welfare
The Rawls Game — with instructions, background, advice, and downloadable character cards
“The central question would shift from ‘How do we maximize shareholder value?’ to ‘How do different forms of organization distribute power, risk and reward — and which should we strengthen?'” — Chris Marquis on the case for abolishing, or at least radically changing, business schools
Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"
Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more

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Meme on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
I’m not mocking anyone, and no, I don’t agree with the tacit implication that every comment on a blog post has to contribute to discussion. Sometimes it’s okay…
On the Market Too on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Correlations with power can vary across different contexts. A correlation with power in a generic national sense does not entail that the correlation holds within the academy or…
norms are not cheap explanations! on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Why? (A genuine question. I don't see why the hypothesized social mechanism would be expected to manifest in a population the way you describe, as opposed to many…
norms are not cheap explanations! on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Diogenes also contributed to the actual discussion
Moti Gorin on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
"Rather, I am just saying that Fine and Rosen overlooked one source of what they characterize as a “distorted” scholarly ecosystem which they find “surprising” and “puzzling”." If…
Dr. M. An adjunct on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
The report concerns specifically politicization of teaching and research, not the overall state of academic philosophy. Dunking with memes is nice and all, but perhaps we should aim…
CMP on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Thanks! My language is a clear indication of being disconnected – and being Spanish-English bilingual might be informing my word choices as well. I counted the syllabi -…
EuroAmerican on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
I find the Philosophy Report disappointing. The authors do not justify their overall assessment properly. Other disciplinary reports have looked at patterns of topic choice in graduate work,…
Max DuBoff on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
CMP: For philosophy of sex and gender, I assume many do, if not most. Trans issues are central questions in philosophy of sex and gender. As for general…
CMP on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
I haven't taught philosophy of sex, gender, feminism focused courses in a while, so starting from that assumption: How many of those syllabi have modules on philosophizing transgender…
Felix on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
It's bizarre, isn't it? Anti-trans philosophers are defending long-held orthodoxy about gender and sex, with their views pretty much cemented into government policy in the US and UK,…
Meme on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
“Academic philosophy is generally healthy in most respects relevant to the work of the Commission.” – Fine and Rosen https://i.redd.it/45qyf7nlll1e1.jpeg
Ronson on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
can you remind me, what happened to rebecca tuvel? was she also part of the "high orthodoxy" in academic philosophy? and were the people bullying and cancelling her…
CMP on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
The citation condition of our field, noted in the first footnote, is completely demoralizing. How are we to defend the existence of Philosophy departments that fund research given…
Reichenbach on The Vanderbilt Report’s Sub-Report on Philosophy
Even if there are many philosophers in a given area who are also activists/political actors, I don't see why they can't be expected to keep the two domains…

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