Justin Weinberg

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Creator and Editor at Daily Nous

News for & about the philosophy profession, ed. by Justin Weinberg, philosopher at the U. of South Carolina. You can also find me on bsky.

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Mini-Heap - Daily Nous

3 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Links to interesting stuff elsewhere. Several of these would have been the subject of individual posts but it’s summer and I’m trying not to post about everything. Discussion welcome, though. “is this science / is this fantasy / if you have / to ask you’ll / never know said / Louis Armstrong and / that’s pretty convincing…” — “Consciousness Studies,” a poem by Philip Bold. It’s good, and a little funny.
Simion from Glasgow to Oxford

3 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Mona Simion, currently professor of philosophy and director of the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, has accepted an offer from the University of Oxford, where she will be professor of philosophy as well as a tutorial fellow at Exeter College. Professor Simion works in epistemology, philosophy of language, moral and political philosophy, and philosophy of gender and race.
Out in FAFO County (guest post)

4 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

“How you talk does not merely express your internal state, it shapes it.” Amy Olberding is President’s Associates Presidential Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of The Wrong of Rudeness and Moral Exemplars in the Analects: The Good Person is That, among other works, which you can learn about here and here. Olberding says she is “meant to be writing a book on death and grief, on bereavement.
Sullivan Wins $10 Million Grant for “Love Ethic” Project at Notre Dame

4 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Meghan Sullivan, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has won a $10 million grant for the project, “Love and Social Transformation: Empowering Scholars and Social Innovators to Develop the Love Ethic.” According to a press release from Notre Dame: The Love and Social Transformation project will bring scholars, writers, nonprofit leaders and others together to advance a framework that captures the power, richness and applicability of the love ethic—a core component of many...
Connell from Birkbeck to Notre Dame

5 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Sophia Connell, currently reader in philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, will be moving to the University of Notre Dame, where she will be associate professor of philosophy. Dr. Connell specializes in ancient Greek philosophy, especially Aristotle, and has also written on the role of women in the history of philosophy.
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025)

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. Professor De Cruz specialized in philosophy of religion and cognitive science. They were the author of Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think (2024) and Religious Disagreement (2018), and, along with Johan De Smedt, A Natural History of Natural Theology: The Cognitive Science of Theology and Philosophy of Religion (2014) and The Challenge of Evolution to Religion (2020), among other works.
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025)

1 week ago | share.google | Justin Weinberg

Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. Professor De Cruz specialized in philosophy of religion and cognitive science. They were the author of Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think (2024) and Religious Disagreement (2018), and, along with Johan De Smedt, A Natural History of Natural Theology: The Cognitive Science of Theology and Philosophy of Religion (2014) and The Challenge of Evolution to Religion (2020), among other works.
Grzankowski from Birkbeck to King’s

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Alex Grzankowski, currently reader in philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, has accepted a position at King’s College London (KCL), where he will be Senior Lecturer in Mind and Metaphysics. Dr. Grzankowski works in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology. You can learn more about his research here and here. Grzankowski is also currently the Associate Director at the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.
Mini-Heap - Daily Nous

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Recent links… “The usage of LLMs could actually harm learning, especially for younger users” — a new study on brain activity and the use of LLMs like ChatGPT “At the microscopic scale, where particles act like billiard balls, time is reversible… But at the mesoscopic and macroscopic levels, there is no going back in time” — the mathematics of gas and “a rigorous mathematical resolution of an old paradox” “I have Hume to thank for all the bacon I’ve eaten” — Michael Frazer takes a break from...
New: “Being Trans in Philosophy”

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

A new zine, Being Trans in Philosophy, launched today, featuring testimonials from many trans philosophers and philosophers with a trans family members. Edited by Ding and Willow Star, the free zine is available here. From a press release from the editors:A new zine released today collects 22 first-personal accounts of what it is actually like to be trans or have trans kids as a philosopher.