Justin Weinberg
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• editor of Daily Nous, philosophy news site
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• editor of Daily Nous, philosophy news site
• person
“We estimate that, over five years, we will have increased our enrollment tenfold.”
Is this the Fastest Growing Undergraduate Philosophy Program in the US? - Daily Nous
"In Fall 2022, we had four students majoring or minoring in Philosophy; today we have 31." That's Paul Butterfield, assistant professor of philosophy at Alfred University in New York. He adds, "we est...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“We estimate that, over five years, we will have increased our enrollment tenfold.”
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"There’s no reason to think systems like ChatGPT or Gemini are conscious," says Susan Schneider, but there are other "serious contenders for AI consciousness that exist today" that raise "pressing ethical issues we must face now."
Which AI’s Might be Conscious, and Why it Matters (guest post) - Daily Nous
Large language models like ChatGPT are not conscious, but there are other "serious contenders for AI consciousness that exist today" Furthermore, "AI development will not wait for philosophers and cog...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"There’s no reason to think systems like ChatGPT or Gemini are conscious," says Susan Schneider, but there are other "serious contenders for AI consciousness that exist today" that raise "pressing ethical issues we must face now."
New reviews of philosophy books, new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, and new philosophy podcast episodes...
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update - Daily Nous
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, please let us know.) SEP New: Weighing R...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New reviews of philosophy books, new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, and new philosophy podcast episodes...
"There’s no reason to think systems like ChatGPT or Gemini are conscious," says Susan Schneider, but there are other "serious contenders for AI consciousness that exist today" that raise "pressing ethical issues we must face now."
Which AI’s Might be Conscious, and Why it Matters (guest post) - Daily Nous
Large language models like ChatGPT are not conscious, but there are other "serious contenders for AI consciousness that exist today" Furthermore, "AI development will not wait for philosophers and cog...
dailynous.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"There’s no reason to think systems like ChatGPT or Gemini are conscious," says Susan Schneider, but there are other "serious contenders for AI consciousness that exist today" that raise "pressing ethical issues we must face now."
"Many of the features of a zero-budget conference are preferable to more traditional ways of organizing conferences, and... we’d like to encourage other conference organizers to consider adopting them..."
How (and Why) to Organize a Zero-Budget Conference (guest post) - Daily Nous
"Obtain free publicity for your conference by writing a post for Daily Nous in which you get to mention it." That's not really part of the post, but I have to give Craig Agule (Rutgers University-Camd...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Many of the features of a zero-budget conference are preferable to more traditional ways of organizing conferences, and... we’d like to encourage other conference organizers to consider adopting them..."
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OVERHEARD IN A PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
"One day, if we're lucky . . . we'll all be robots"
"One day, if we're lucky . . . we'll all be robots"
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
OVERHEARD IN A PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
"One day, if we're lucky . . . we'll all be robots"
"One day, if we're lucky . . . we'll all be robots"
Faculty on the move...
Ebert from Stirling to Salzburg - Daily Nous
Philip A. Ebert, currently professor of law and philosophy at the University of Stirling, has accepted an offer from the University of Salzburg, where he will be professor of theoretical philosophy. P...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Faculty on the move...
The "intellectual influence" of today's philosophers. Empirical research on intuitions. What it is like to be a rock. Do philosophers think enough about reading? The philosophical self-help genre. A song about Aristotelian syllogism. Sideways philosophy.
Mini-Heap - Daily Nous
New in the Heap of Links... “Current academic philosophers are losing rather dramatically in the fight for intellectual influence” -- Tyler Cowen recommends "AI practitioners and the Bay Area obsessiv...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The "intellectual influence" of today's philosophers. Empirical research on intuitions. What it is like to be a rock. Do philosophers think enough about reading? The philosophical self-help genre. A song about Aristotelian syllogism. Sideways philosophy.
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Ten years ago, I made some predictions about what the philosophy profession would be like today. How did I do?
My Crystal Ball - Daily Nous
At the end of October, 2015 I made five predictions about "the state of philosophy in ten years." How was my forecasting? Let's take a look. Below are my predictions, along with my verdict for each, i...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ten years ago, I made some predictions about what the philosophy profession would be like today. How did I do?
Ten years ago, I made some predictions about what the philosophy profession would be like today. How did I do?
My Crystal Ball - Daily Nous
At the end of October, 2015 I made five predictions about "the state of philosophy in ten years." How was my forecasting? Let's take a look. Below are my predictions, along with my verdict for each, i...
dailynous.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ten years ago, I made some predictions about what the philosophy profession would be like today. How did I do?
Three philosophy projects receive multi-million-euro grants in Finland...
Millions in Funding for 3 Philosophical Projects in Finland - Daily Nous
The Research Council of Finland has announced the new recipients of its Academy Professorship and Centres of Excellence in Research funding. Of the 15 new Academy Professors, two are philosophers: Jar...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Three philosophy projects receive multi-million-euro grants in Finland...
New reviews of philosophy books, new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, and new episodes of philosophy podcasts...
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update - Daily Nous
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: Alberic of Paris ...
dailynous.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New reviews of philosophy books, new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, and new episodes of philosophy podcasts...
Faculty on the move...
Menn from McGill to Toronto - Daily Nous
Stephen Menn, currently Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, will be moving to the University of Toronto, where he will be the inaugural holder of the Michael and Virginia Walsh Chair in the ...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Faculty on the move...
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Is there progress in philosophy
costumes?
costumes?
Which Philosophy Ideas Make for Good Costumes? (redux) - Daily Nous
Are we making progress in philosophy? Or at least in philosophy-themed costumes? Here's one way to find out. Ten years ago, I put up a post asking which philosophy ideas make for good Halloween costum...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Is there progress in philosophy
costumes?
costumes?
Is there progress in philosophy
costumes?
costumes?
Which Philosophy Ideas Make for Good Costumes? (redux) - Daily Nous
Are we making progress in philosophy? Or at least in philosophy-themed costumes? Here's one way to find out. Ten years ago, I put up a post asking which philosophy ideas make for good Halloween costum...
dailynous.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Is there progress in philosophy
costumes?
costumes?
The Department of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo is starting a fully online MS program in applied ontology...
New: Online Master’s Program in Applied Ontology - Daily Nous
The University at Buffalo is launching a fully online program in applied ontology. Graduates will leave the program with an MS degree. The program, based in Buffalo's Department of Philosophy, aims to...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Department of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo is starting a fully online MS program in applied ontology...
Why a fetus can't be what you think it is. Mental imagery, life, & philosophy. Perspective & the aim of science. Reasons not to write with AI, and how AI threatens learning. Remembrances of Jonathan Lear. An interview with Shaun Gallagher...
Mini-Heap - Daily Nous
New links... “If you look at the history of science, the ultimate goal has been changing constantly… We have a much stronger and more honest way of approaching reality without being attached to this m...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Why a fetus can't be what you think it is. Mental imagery, life, & philosophy. Perspective & the aim of science. Reasons not to write with AI, and how AI threatens learning. Remembrances of Jonathan Lear. An interview with Shaun Gallagher...
Barry Hoffmaster, professor emeritus of philosophy at Western University, has died.
Barry Hoffmaster (1947-2025) - Daily Nous
Charles Barry Hoffmaster, professor emeritus of philosophy at Western University, has died. Professor Hoffmaster (known in the profession as Barry Hoffmaster), worked mainly in bioethics, normative et...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Barry Hoffmaster, professor emeritus of philosophy at Western University, has died.
Sometimes, philosophical terms mean one thing, but sound like they really ought to mean something else...
“Fixing” the Definitions of Philosophical Terms - Daily Nous
Sometimes, philosophical terms mean one thing, but sound like they really ought to mean something else. That was the premise of the Uxbridge Dictionary of Philosophy, a compilation of "misdefinitions"...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Sometimes, philosophical terms mean one thing, but sound like they really ought to mean something else...
"Artificial Philosophy," a talk by me, is happening at the next workshop of the Metaphilosophy Project, this Thursday, October 30th (1pm Eastern US time). metafilozofija.uniri.hr?p=968
ANNOUNCEMENT: Workshop 13 of the MetPhil project
metafilozofija.uniri.hr
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Artificial Philosophy," a talk by me, is happening at the next workshop of the Metaphilosophy Project, this Thursday, October 30th (1pm Eastern US time). metafilozofija.uniri.hr?p=968
Philosophers have been awarded over $6.6 million for a variety of projects in the recent round of Discovery Grants.
Philosophers Among Recent Discovery Grant Winners - Daily Nous
The Australian Research Council has announced the winners of its latest round of Discovery Grants, and several philosophers are among them. . The principal investigators, co-investigators, and their p...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Philosophers have been awarded over $6.6 million for a variety of projects in the recent round of Discovery Grants.
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Thinking fondly of a girl I asked out in high school who, not wanting to be mean, explained to me the distinction between "dating" and actually going on a date. We "dated" without actually going out for like 2 weeks then she broke up with me.
Anyway I hope she became an analytic philosopher.
Anyway I hope she became an analytic philosopher.
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thinking fondly of a girl I asked out in high school who, not wanting to be mean, explained to me the distinction between "dating" and actually going on a date. We "dated" without actually going out for like 2 weeks then she broke up with me.
Anyway I hope she became an analytic philosopher.
Anyway I hope she became an analytic philosopher.
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
Has this happened to you yet?
Reviewing an LLM-written paper (guest post) - Daily Nous
A philosopher noticed something off about the paper he was refereeing for a journal. In the following guest post, Jakob Ohlhorst (RWTH Aachen University) shares his experience and raises some question...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Has this happened to you yet?
The ideas that haunt us. Betting on free will. The conspiracy theory of imposter syndrome. AI "clones" of incapacitated patients. Smith's impartial spectator and God. Real freedom for those who got here first (Van Parijs interview). The neurocognitive foundations of mind.
Mini-Heap - Daily Nous
Recent additions to the Heap of Links... If the free will debate is at a theoretical stalemate, should we decide the matter on practical grounds, and if so, how? -- Dmitry Sereda offers a new answer: ...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The ideas that haunt us. Betting on free will. The conspiracy theory of imposter syndrome. AI "clones" of incapacitated patients. Smith's impartial spectator and God. Real freedom for those who got here first (Van Parijs interview). The neurocognitive foundations of mind.