Journal of the History of Philosophy 2020 Best Article Prize
(via Deborah Boyle) The Journal of the History of Philosophy has announced that the winner of…
Facebook accidentally blocks own page during Australian news takedown – CNET
James Martin/CNET Get the latest tech stories with CNET Daily News every weekday. Facebook’s page in…
Road to Survival: Empowering Wisdom the Forgotten Book That Shaped the Modern Environmental Movement
He saw in this heartbreak a miniature of the whole — the intricate interlacing of creaturely…
Andreas Teuber (1942-2021)
Professor Teuber started at Brandeis in 1985. He earned his Ph.D. and B.A. from Harvard University….
Perseverance rover will arrive at Mars with a bang: How NASA will listen – CNET
Fernando and colleagues calculated the signals that might be produced from the sonic boom and found…
Asking Authors about Interpretations of & Objections to Their Work
Dr. Baggini doesn’t mention this but if such conversations reduce the need for extensive “ground clearing”…
Stunning Celestial Art from the 1750 Astronomy Book That First Described the Spiral Shape of the Milky Way and Dared Imagine the Existence of Other Galaxies
In 1750, Wright self-published his visionary and verbosely titled book An Original Theory or New Hypothesis…
To φ Or Not To φ
Other Daily Nous Comics / More Info About DN Comics Tanya Kostochka on Twitter The post To φ…
Scientists discover backward star, spinning in the opposite direction to its planets – CNET
Albrecht and his colleagues believe that, given this system has three stars, “gravitational torques from companion…
Robeyns Wins AcademieKus Award from Dutch Education Labor Union
In an interview, Professor Robeyns says: The post Robeyns Wins AcademieKus Award from Dutch Education Labor…
The 6 best movies to watch on HBO Max – CNET
Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this surprising rom-com heist film from Doug Liman (The…
Snails Run for Love: A Sensual Interlude from the Symphony of Evolution
This is what I saw, now coupled with a perfect soundtrack courtesy of Joan as Police…
NASA Perseverance rover about to land on Mars soon: What to expect – CNET
“During landing, the rover plunges through the thin Martian atmosphere, with the heat shield first, at…
Apple Pay can now be used to spend Bitcoin – CNET
Angela Lang/CNET The addition of cryptocurrency spending to Apple Pay follows an analyst report Monday suggesting…
Love, Loss, and the Banality of Survival: Charles Darwin, His Beloved Daughter, and How We Find Meaning in Mortality
Dr. Gully’s treatment, developed in response to his two-year-old daughter’s death, included the vehement disavowal of…
New: The Saudi Journal of Philosophical Studies
The Saudi Journal of Philosophical Studies is a new semi-annual, multi-lingual, peer-reviewed philosophy journal. You can learn…
Frida Kahlo’s Passionate Love Letter to Photographer Nickolas Muray, Who Took Her Most Famous Portrait
Nickolas Muray met Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907–July 13, 1954) in 1931, while visiting the prominent…
39 of the best Nintendo Switch games – CNET
Gorogoa is unlike any video game you’ve ever played. With incredible level design and flawlessly tuned…
Rescher Prize Awarded to Thomas Nagel
Rescher Prize recipients are selected by a panel composed of University of Pittsburgh Philosophy faculty, History…
Do “woke” American ideas on race, gender, and post-colonialism really pose an existential threat to France?
Mr. Macron — who had shown little interest in these matters in the past but has…
The Four-Sentence Philosophy Paper
In a 2015 paper, Dennis Earl, professor of philosophy at Coastal Carolina University writes: I learned…
Effort Launched to Save Job of Philosopher at University of St. Andrews
As of the time of this post, the letter has over 900 signatories. An effort is…
When Charles Darwin met Harriet Martineau, she enjoyed a level of influence he could not imagine. And she challenged his dim view of women
Martineau had an unkind reputation for plainness and lack of feminine polish. “I was astonished to…
Cassandra of the internet age: As far back as the mid-’80s, Michael Goldhaber was worried about the attention economy.
His biggest worry, though, is that we still mostly fail to acknowledge that we live in…
Television Show Partners with Philosophers to Explore Philosophy of Religion
The partnership is made possible by an additional £400,000 (approximately 0,000) grant from the John Templeton…
The ur-existentialist. Kierkegaard was torn by his desires for recognition and for walking the path of a self-denying Christian
For all the virtues of this book, I feel compelled to quibble with Carlisle’s claim that…
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Juliet did not say “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore [is he] Romeo?” So why do so many people deface quotes with brackets?
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How Mary-Kay Wilmers refashioned the London Review of Books in her image: literary and eccentric
But perhaps that is the source of the myth: in a business dominated by men, Wilmers…
Types of Contributions to the Philosophical Literature
Your additions welcome. 27. showing the historical background of a philosophical idea Sandy Goldberg, professor of…