The Character Project at Wake Forest University is very excited to announce the winners of the $2 million funding competition for research projects on the psychology of character. Details can be found here: http://news.wfu.edu/2011/09/28/deciphering-moral-behavior/ We also received 110 applications for the philosophy of character competition […] Read More
University of Edinburgh, 15-16 October, 2011. Details, including online registration can be found here:http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/philosophy/events/view/epistemic-expressivism-workshop Speakers include: Matthew Chrisman, Terence Cuneo, Allan Gibbard, Klemens Kappel, Michael Lynch, Michael Ridge, Benjamin Schneider, Moritz Schulz, Folke Tersman, and Seth Yalcin. The workshop dinner will be at Chop Chop in Edinburgh […] Read More
I'm pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the next St Louis Conference on Reasons and Rationality. Many PEA Soupers participated the past two years, and I hope even more will do so next May. May 20 – 22, 2012Moonrise Hotel in St […] Read More
See here: http://phylo.info/jobs. This is in many ways superior to the JFP, and I hope that some day soon it (or something like it) will become the default means of advertising for job openings in philosophy. Here's a description of the site: Phylo Jobs is […] Read More
Congratulations to our own Jussi Suikkanen for winning the Charm Quark (third prize) at the annual 3 Quarks Daily philosophy blogging contest! It was for his post about Williams, Thick Concepts, and Reasons. Well done!
Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy is the latest in the very successful Oxford Studies in… series. Published by Oxford University Press and edited by Joshua Knobe, Tania Lombrozo, and Shaun Nichols, Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy will publish a volume every two years, featuring outstanding […] Read More
The John Templeton Foundation has just awarded a major grant to Daniel Jacobson (UM) to pursue and organize numerous projects on "The Science of Ethics," along with Justin D'Arms (OSU) and Chandra Sripada (UM). (Jacobson is the project leader, and D'Arms and Sripada are major contributors.) […] Read More
Voting has opened for the best philosophy blog post over at 3 Quarks Daily. There are three posts from PEA Soup that have been nominated. ________________________________
The final roster for the first New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility (NOWAR) has been posted here. For further information about the workshop, including accommodations, please visit the conference website here. Registration is free and simply requires an e-mail to dshoemak@tulane.edu with a registration request.