The Origin of the Research University Universities have existed for more than a thousand years — and for almost all of that time, they weren’t centers of research. What changed in 19th century Germany?

A three way fight between medievalist conservatives, bureaucratic enlightenment modernisers, and Romantic idealists results in a compromise no one quite wanted but also is drives a huge portion of innovation and technical advance in the modern world. Fascinating!

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Here's the open access official version: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I’m one of the coauthors of this new SEP entry on early modern rationalism, having truly broken bad from my empiricist roots plato.stanford.edu/entries/rati... #philosophy

Online archive of testimonies and fragments related to ancient women philosophers!

Gizmodo says 'poems' but I think it's lines. The press release says 'verses' because there aren't any spaces in ancient Greek, and the meter is how you figure out where the line breaks are

One week left to submit your panel proposals:

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Delusion In this brief entry, we offer an overview of classic and contemporary debates surrounding clinical delusions in philosophy and psychology. Researchers disagree about the nature of delusional states an...

I contributed an entry on delusion to this new encyclopaedia with @emas-b.bsky.social #philsky #philosophy link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

I've created a list for Bluesky users who were part of philosophy Twitter back in the day. Help me populate it! Also happy to add people who wish they had been part of the old community. I've added a few names already. (Ask if you'd like to be removed.) bsky.app/profile/did:...

Louis Doulas (McGill University), “Moore’s Fourth Condition” Journal of the History of Philosophy (2026)

Short on time but burning to know why Moore seems oblivious to the question-begging nature of his 'proof' of an external world? Well, look no further. Complete with a high-res image of archival material I went through way too much trouble to get. newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/louis-doul...

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George A. Reisch & Adam Tamas Tuboly uncovered "the typescript on which the book under review is based": The Humanistic Background of Science. It had been "forgotten for more than 60 years."

Read the essay review by Hans-Joachim Dahms: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

🚨 BSA POSTDOCTORAL AWARD 🚨

The British Society for Aesthetics invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral award in philosophical aesthetics, to the value of £30,000 per annum with up to £3,000 additional geographical allowance, to start in the Autumn term in 2026.

Day 26 of #WomenWhoRethoughtTheWorld: British mathematician Ada Lovelace!

Lovelace rethought the potential of symbolic thinking, creating programming techniques that led to what we now call software. She is now the namesake of a programming language and a cryptocurrency!

#herstory #womeninSTEM

🎺If you can teach Introductory Logic, or the History of Philosophy (Ancient, Medieval, or Modern), then come and by my colleague!

The Dept. of Philosophy at @tcddublin.bsky.social is looking for *two* Teaching Fellows (3 year posts).

For full details, see: universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...

Pilar Lopez-Cantero, Affective injustice - PhilPapers Oppression, marginalization, and other forms of disadvantage often come with emotional burdens, such as feelings of insecurity or stress. At the same time, some features of oppression are emotional in...

Just accepted: my Phil Compass article on affective injustice! It synthesizes the debate into an overarching definition ('the unjust interference w people’s affective lives, w regard to their own affective practices or through those of others') & brings out many connections between existing views/1

Women, philosophers, and people

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In the latest #HOPOS, Jamie Shaw, Kevin C. Elliott, and Deivide Garcia da S. Oliveira provide a transcription and critical overview of Paul Feyerabend’s unpublished manuscript “On the Responsibility of Scientists.”

Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration How did immigrant scholars such as Rudolf Carnap, Max Horkheimer, and Alfred Schütz influence the development of American philosophy? Why was the U.S. community more receptive to logical empiricism th...

Research from the Tilburg philosophy department: the fully open access book edited by Sander Verhaegh on American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration.

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Thank you!

A review of my book by Peter West (@peterwest23.bsky.social ) in HOPOS.

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In "Styles Against Method", Joseba Pascual Alba explores "the connection between Feyerabend’s overarching anarchism and Ian Hacking’s “anarcho-rationalism,” as presented in [Hacking's] “styles project.”

Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

A review of my book by Peter West (@peterwest23.bsky.social ) in HOPOS.

Ernest Nagel on Science and Philosophy

Curious about the mind behind modern philosophy of science? 'Ernest Nagel on Science and Philosophy' provides new perspectives on the twentieth-century history of #philosophy of #science through the person of Ernest Nagel. bit.ly/4cXzCD5 #PhilSci #BookSky

Jürgen Habermas and the case for a supranational democracy in Europe Simon Glendinning revisits the case German philosopher Jürgen Habermas made for establishing a supranational democracy in Europe.

I had a long-standing disagreement with Habermas over the future of European integration. Here I outline his 'postnational' view - and briefly explain why I think (following Kant and Mill) it should nevertheless be rejected.

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“On Liberty” Now Officially Has Two Authors - Daily Nous An edition of On Liberty published this month is the first to officially name Harriet Taylor Mill as a co-author alongside John Stuart Mill. The new volume is edited by Piers Norris Turner (Ohio State...

Harriet Taylor Mill officially recognised as co-author of 'On Liberty'! dailynous.com/2026/03/19/o...

Cryptogyny On the systematic obfuscation of women's contributions.

I wrote something (not directly about AI) on cryptogyny — sorry still depressing, BUT ☺️ I do end on actionable things and some fun examples along the way, such as

"Comparing [the 108 women scholars until 1800] with 58,995 [men], we find that they were on average better"‼️

olivia.science/cryptogyny

Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026) - Daily Nous Jürgen Habermas, well-known for his influential work in political philosophy and social theory, has died. Professor Habermas wrote extensively on critical social theory, and is often seen as a figure ...

Jürgen Habermas, one of the great political and social theorists of the 20th Century, has died.

Susan Haack (1945-2026) - Daily Nous Susan Haack, professor of philosophy and law at the University of Miami, has died. Professor Haack was well-known for her work in philosophy of logic, epistemology, pragmatism, and philosophy of law. ...

Philosopher Susan Haack has died.

Day 10 of #WomenWhoRethoughtTheWorld: German philosopher, feminist, and pacifist Helene Stöcker!

Stöcker used #Nietzsche to rethink the value of the values holding women back. She also rethought the value of war; her radical #pacifism forced her to flee the Nazis in 1933.

#womenshistory #philsky

Michael Jacovides, Hume on the Prospects for a Scientific Psychology - PhilPapers In Section One of an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume distinguishes between two sorts of writing on human nature: first, one that appeals to common sense to make virtue seem ...

My paper, "Hume on the Prospects for a Scientific Psychology," was accepted by the Journal for the History of the Behavioral Sciences, which is nice. It's on section 1 of the first Enquiry, both as a manifesto for a future science and as a guide to the rest of the Enquiry philpapers.org/rec/JACHOT-4