Daily Nous

Daily Nous is a hub for news related to the philosophy field, offering valuable insights for academic philosophers, links to relevant articles, and a platform for open discussions among philosophers. The website is run by me, Justin Weinberg, who is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. With an impressive 6.85 million views each year, Daily Nous stands out as one of the top websites in its niche. It has been featured or referenced in prominent publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, The New York Review of Books, The Financial Times, New York Magazine, Vox, and many others. Additionally, its content has been recommended by well-known curators like The Browser, Open Culture, and Bookforum.

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Philosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species

5 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

“The Return of the Dire Wolf” announced Time magazine—not quite correctly, it turns out—in its article on the creation of three creatures genetically engineered into existence by the firm Colossal Biosciences. Still, the biotechnology that led to the creation of those wolves is impressive. It opens a lot of possibilities, and of course raises a lot of questions, both about our understanding of what this technology actually does and our sense of how it should (and shouldn’t) be used.
Rees wins Sanders Metaethics Prize

5 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Mathieu Rees, a software engineer with a philosophy PhD from the University of Leeds, is the winner of the 2025 Sanders Prize in Metaethics. Rees was awarded the prize for his paper, “Abductive Arguments for Ethical Error-Theory: The Relevance of Non-Cognitivism.”Here’s the abstract of the paper:Given its avoidance of explanatory appeals to ethical reality, non-cognitivism is seemingly open to an abductive argument for ethical antirealism, and hence error-theory.
Momtchiloff Consulting for Lex Academic

5 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Peter Momtchiloff, who retired from his long-held position as philosophy editor at Oxford University Press at the end of 2023, has been brought on by Lex Academic, a firm that helps its clients with various aspects of academic publishing. Momtchiloff will be associate publication consultant at Lex Academic, according to an announcement from the firm. You can listen to a podcast episode produced by the Aristotelian Society in which Momtchiloff discusses his thirty years at OUP here.
New Editorial Team at Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

6 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

After serving for over two decades, Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis) and Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen) have stepped down as co-editors-in-chief of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. Maxime Doyon (University of Montreal) and Anthony Vincent Fernandez (University of Southern Denmark) have been appointed as the new co-editors-in-chief, as of June 1st, 2025. As part of the transition, a new editorial board has been established.
Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

6 days ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes…This update covers the past two weeks. As we’ve done for the past few years, we’re switching to a monthly update for the summer; the next update will be in the first week of July. • The Traditional Square of Opposition by Terence Parsons and Graziana Ciola.
Mini-Heap - Daily Nous

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

Latest links…How does an LLM think? How does it represent concepts?
AI and the Ecological Accomplishment of Literacy

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

“While contemporary discussions often focus on what we read or how we teach reading, the deeper truth is that literacy itself is an astonishingly fragile achievement.”That’s writer and teacher Jac Mullen, in a post at After Literacy (also published as a guest post at The Hinternet) about the threat artificial intelligence (AI) poses to literacy, which is itself a kind of “complex technology”. He says:Widespread literacy… is not a natural baseline but a costly ecological accomplishment.
Philosophers and Anthropic’s Claude

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

A philosophy professor writes in sharing some news about the “character” and “well-being” of Anthropic’s LLM, Claude, noting how philosophers have been involved with recent developments. The following is from an email from Gus Skorburg, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Guelph:I wanted to share some stuff related to Anthropic’s Claude model that I haven’t seen widely discussed among philosophers, that I thought you might be interested to share on Daily Nous.
New Philosophy Outreach Program: Philosophy Smash

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

A philosopher at the University of Birmingham, Henry Taylor, has a new philosophy outreach program. Philosophy Smash with Henry! aims to introduce children to philosophical questions. In the following guest post, Professor Taylor explains the various aspects of the project, and invites other philosophers to take part.
APA Publishes “Good Practices for Improving Representation in Philosophy Departments”

1 week ago | dailynous.com | Justin Weinberg

“One thing that has become clear over the course of many discussions is that almost every thoughtful reader will find something to object to in the document.” That is from the preface to “Good Practices for Improving Representation in Philosophy Departments,” a guide from the American Philosophical Association (APA) to help philosophers “create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all—including women, people of color, disabled people, non-native English speakers, first-generation...