This conference will bring together education theorists, psychologists, and philosophers to discuss intellectual virtues and their role in educational theory and practice. Intellectual virtues are the character traits of a good thinker or learner. They include curiosity, wonder, attentiveness, intellectual perseverance, open-mindedness, creativity, intellectual courage, intellectual rigor, intellectual humility, and more. [More]

Nice essay by Feser on his journey from Catholicism, to atheism, and back again. [More]

New Twitter feed turns the socialite and opportunistic entrepreneur Kim Kardashian into a philosopher. [More]

Can you name the philosophy book in the photo below? We’ll send a Philosophy News coffee mug to the first person who can name both the exact title of the book and the author. [More]

Earlier this month we introduced the Intellectual Virtues and Education Project led by Dr. Jason Baehr of Loyola Marymount University. The project focuses on building an educational model grounded on virtue epistemology. NPR picked up the story and interviewed Dr. Baehr about the project. We’re reposting that short interview here. [More]

The Atlantic Speculates on Wittgenstein and the Higgs Boson [More]

Want to reduce cognitive bias? Think in a foreign language [More]

Intractable problems like fixing a troubled educational system benefit from the long conversation: thinkers from various fields bringing their knowledge to a disciplined, guided discussion about the problems and possible solutions. And philosophy is ideally suited to both guide and inform a discussion like this. [More]

Can you name the philosophy book in the photo below? We’ll send a Philosophy News coffee mug to the first person who can name both the exact title of the book and the author. [More]

Routledge Philosophy is celebrating the 90th volume of Australasian Journal of Philosophy with a virtual special issue, which includes a selection of articles and Editorial by Stewart Candlish. [More]