A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
The newly formed Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Society is hosting its first annual conference from March 16th to March 19th,2017 in New Orleans. The conference contains a variety of panels, and we’re hosting one on policy epistemology. Policy epistemology concerns questions surrounding the ethics […] Read More
Hey again! I really think folks sharing their syllabi for others, esp younger philosophers, to make use of could be quite useful. This could be a lovely resource if folks would be willing to take a few moments to share. Please consider sharing your syllabi […] Read More
Today we launch yet another new regular feature at Soup. Call it: Bleeding Heart Soup. Mmmmm, doesn’t that sound good! Our friends at the blog Bleeding Heart Libertarianism will regularly initiate posts on Soup in hopes of encouraging folks to more regularly hear points of view […] Read More
How often have you read a book review and wondered what the author of the book might say in response to the reviewer? How often have you wanted to chime in and ask some more questions to the reviewer or author in light of a […] Read More
With Donald Trump now president-elect, many people are concerned that something truly precious and fundamental is under threat. Though Americans disagree about many things, we traditionally had a shared national sense of the bounds of normal behavior and a seemingly entrenched understanding that certain kinds […] Read More
Some of the world’s greatest philosophers will visit Rutgers University–New Brunswick over the next five years to present public lectures, hold workshops with faculty and graduate students, and meet with undergraduates.
We seek to provide a place where philosophers can share their thoughts about how it makes sense to respond to the election of Donald Trump. For those that think resistance warranted, how might this best be coordinated? For those sympathetic to aspects of his announced […] Read More
Donald Trump loves himself. And while professional psychologists and psychiatrists cannot ethically diagnose him, many have made it quite clear that they think Trump has narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). George Simon, a clinical psychologist specializing in manipulation, is archiving video clips of Trump “to use […] Read More
We are pleased to announce that the Fifth Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy will take place on October 12-15, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona. There will be nine papers at this year’s workshop, including three invited papers. We are issuing a call for papers […] Read More