Philosophy News Summary

Recent philosophy-related news.*

1. A new journal, Passion: the Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions, has just published its inaugural issue. The journal is a peer-reviewed (double blind), open-access, biannual publication. Its editors-in-chief are Alfred Archer (Tilburg University) and Heidi Maibom (University of the Basque Country, University of Cincinnati). The first issue is here.

2. The popular nationally-syndicated radio program Philosophy Talk, co-hosted by Ray Briggs and Josh Landy (Stanford University), has been awarded a media production grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create “Wise Women,” a 16-episode series about women philosophers through the ages. The series, which will feature different guest scholars in conversation with the show’s hosts, begins on July 23rd with an episode on Hypatia.

3. Butler University just wrapped up its first ever philosophy camp for high school students. You can learn more about it here.

4. PhilVideos (previously), a project from researchers at the University of Genoa that aims to sift through the abundance of philosophy videos online and present an expert-curated and searchable selection of them, is now online (in beta). You can try it out here and read more about its features (including a more specific search interface) here. If you’re interested in becoming a reviewer for the site, you can find out about doing so here.

* Over the summer, many news items will be consolidated in posts like this.

The post Philosophy News Summary first appeared on Daily Nous.

Free Patreon Podcasts: The Moral Theology of The Devil

 I decided that two podcasts were too important to put behind the paywall. One is an interview with the Punk Pharmer, Paulo Candiani. 

The other is me reading a very favorite essay, "The Moral Theology of the Devil" by Thomas Merton. 

I've you're a publisher of mine and are wondering who should read the audiobook, the answer is, quite frankly, me. :))))

This essay should give you some ammo if like me you're having a bad time with all the it-was-horrible-then retro-homophobia and transphobia being written into law right now all over the USA. I realized yesterday that basically this is QAnon entering the legislative dimension, being inscribed into law. Then I decided to do something about it. This is what I did.