Month: March 2014
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Is “Life” Useless?
I have received lots of advice from friends about the blog, including “get a life.” Turns out this is easier said than done, since…
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Gillian Russell (Washington University in St.Louis) to North Carolina
Gillian Russell, currently associate professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis has accepted an offer from UNC Chapel Hill and will be…
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Philosophy for Children: How To
It has been said over and over that children are philosophers by nature. Less often said is that they aren’t particularly good philosophers. I…
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A Discussion of Tone in Philosophy
Leigh Johnson and Edward Kazarian discuss “tone” in recent discussions about issues in the profession over at NewApps. The post, as well as the…
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Thirty Takes on Free Will
You really have no choice but to check out this issue of Methode Journal featuring thirty short interviews with philosophers about free will. It’s…
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Jobs Thread 2013-14 – Update
Are you a philosopher who has been hired this past season? Or are you someone who has hired a philosopher? If so, you can…
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How to Reject
The job-seeking process in philosophy is, to put it politely, generally long and drawn out and tiring and discouraging and costly and anxiety-ridden, a…
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy’s Youtube Channel
There are a number of interesting videos of philosophy lectures collected on the Royal Institute of Philosophy’s Youtube Channel, including the annual lecture, this…
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The Art of Teletransportation
Take Parfit’s teletransporters, add “someone’s modus ponens is another’s modus tollens,” throw in a dash of existentialism, and you’ll get “The Machine“, an interesting…
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What Should a Statement of Professional Ethics for Philosophers Say?
As I noted last week, a petition was started, calling for the APA to create a “Code of Conduct and Statement of Professional Ethics for…
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APA Data on Graduate Programs
The APA has released its 2013 Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy, and Andrew Carson at Philosophy News helpfully breaks down the information in…
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Famous Philosophy Majors in the News: Stokely Carmichael
NPR has a story about a new biography of civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael, who majored in philosophy at Howard University.
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Need £100,000?
If so, and if you work at an institution of higher learning in the UK, and you received your PhD less than 10 years…
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New Spin on Hegel’s Science of Logic
If you thought that Andrew Stephenson’s diagram of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason was wild, wait until you see this interactive wheel depicting Hegel’s Science…
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New Journal: Science, Religion, and Culture
A new, peer-reviewed, open-access, interdisciplinary journal, Science, Religion & Culture, has been launched by Smith & Franklin publishing. There are a number of philosophers on…
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SEP & InPhO
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has a new look. Also, in case you hadn’t heard, Colin Allen, the SEP’s associate editor, has been working on…
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On the Write Track
Amtrak is offering writing residencies aboard its trains. Lasting from two to five days, the residencies are roundtrip journeys that include accommodations on board…
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APA Seeks to Raise Money for Its Committee on the Status of Women
In honor of International Women’s Day the American Philosophical Association is seeking to raise $10,000 to support the work of its Committee on the Status…
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Report Philosophy Hires Here
Carolyn Dicey Jennings over at NewApps has invited other blogs to link directly to the Google docs for entering and displaying information about who…