Philosophy Updates
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Murphy from Georgetown to Notre Dame
Mark Murphy (philosophy of law, ethics, philosophy of religion), a longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University, has accepted an endowed chair in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame, where he earned his Ph.D. Among other things, Murphy is the most sophisticated and interesting philosopher of law working in…
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Lateral moves/retirements since the 2024 Philosophical Gourmet Report: 2025-26 edition
In addition to the separate posts announcing (generally tenured) faculty moves, I will keep a running list of all lateral moves (and retirements and deaths) not reflected in the faculty lists for the 2024 PGR (some moves that took place after the 2024 PGR were reflected in the faculty list, because the editors knew of…
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Pettigrew from Bristol to Oxford
Richard Pettigrew (epistemology, formal epistemology, logic, philosophical logic), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol, has accepted appointment as Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University.
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Kirk-Giannini from Rutgers/Newark to Southern California
Cameron Kirk-Giannini (philosophy of language, philosophy of AI, social philosophy, philosophy of religion), Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, Newark, has accepted appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, effective fall 2027. (Thanks to Samuel Elgin for the pointer to the social media announcement.)
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USC’s Andrew Bacon turns down the Wykeham Professorship in Logic at Oxford
That’s a notable retention for USC! Offering it to Professor Bacon does reflect a pattern with many of the Oxford chairs, which have been offered to younger philosophers (e.g., Ofra Magidor, Amia Srinivasan) rather than more established senior figures (there are exceptions, of course: e.g., David Owens for the White’s Professorship and Mike Martin for…
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Schwenkler from Illinois/Urbana to UT Austin
John Schwenkler (philosophy of action & mind, ethics & moral psychology), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has accepted a senior appointment as Professor of Philosophy in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin, where he will also hold a zero-time appointment in the Department of…
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Chemero from Cincinnati to Vanderbilt
Tony Chemero (philosophy of mind and cognitive science), University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Cincinnati, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Profesor Chemero’s work has been quite influential, so this is a major appointment for Vanderbilt.
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Peterson from Texas A&M to Southern Methodist University
Martin Peterson (normative ethics, decision theory), will be leaving his endowed professorship in the Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, to take up a University Professorship at Southern Methodist University, with an endowed chair in “Ethics in Artificial Intelligence.” That’s a big loss for Texas A&M (and the second senior loss this year), but…
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deRossett from Vermont to Notre Dame
Louis deRossett (metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophical logic), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vermont, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
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Danks from UC San Diego to Virginia
David Danks (philosophy of science and cognitive science, machine learning, ethics of AI), previously a tenured professor at the University of California at San Diego, started at the University of Virginia this past January, with tenured appointments in the Department of Philosophy and School of Data Science. I would not be surprised if that appointment…
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Radzik from Texas A&M to Binghamton
Linda Radzik (ethics, philosophy of law), Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Tony Reeves, the Chair at Binghamton, tells me that their “Philosophy, Politics and Law” program has 564 majors currently, which is remarkable! (There are…
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Muñoz from North Carolina to the ANU
Daniel Muñoz (ethics, value theory), Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has accepted appointment as Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Australian National University, beginning in August.
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Levinstein from Illinois/Urbana to Anthropic (!)
Ben Levinstein (epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of AI), Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been on leave at Anthropic, the LLM company, and will be leaving Illinois this fall to continue work there. I know that AI companies do hire philosophers, but is this the first time a tenured…
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Klenk from Delft to UTN
Michael Klenk (metaethics, normative ethics, ethics of technology), Assistant Professor of Philosophy at TU Delft, has accepted appointment as Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), effective April 2026. (UTN is the first newly founded public university in Bavaria since 1978 and aims to integrate the liberal arts and social sciences…
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Hyska from Northwestern to Leeds
Megan Hyska (social philosophy of language, metaphysics & epistemology), assistant professor of philosophy at Northwestern University has accepted appointment as associate professor of philosophy at the University of Leeds, effective August 2026.
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that