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Strategies for Keeping Warm in the Classroom
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Are We Being Chilled Or Should We Just Chill?
In previous posts (here, here, and here) I have expressed some skepticism about the idea that academic liberty is on the decline. Yes, there are…
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Descartes on Spring Break
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Philosophie sans frontières (guest post by Graham Priest)
The following guest post* is by Graham Priest (CUNY), and appears here via a special arrangement with Oxford University Press and the OUP Blog, at…
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Barnett to Resign from Colorado (updated)
David Barnett, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will be resigning from the school with a $210,000 settlement. Barnett…
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The Art of Thought Experiments
Si-Won Song, a student about to graduate from the University of Puget Sound, has created a series of digital artworks based on well-known philosophical…
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Philosophers’ TV Guide
No, no one has created one yet, but it would be useful. Something close to it is the philosophy page at TV Tropes, which lists…
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Confidence & Performance in Philosophy
There’s an interesting post at Show and Tell about the speaking styles of philosophers. It begins with this: There is a telling anecdote about G.E.M. Anscombe and…
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Is There A Philosophical Version Of This Course?
Stanford University’s most popular class is called “Designing Your Life,” according to an article at Fast Company. Its aim is to get students to…
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Application Fees and Timely Decisions
A prospective graduate student—call him Prospecto—has reported the following: I applied to the Philosophy Ph.D. program at [very good university], submitting a completed application…
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Ned Markosian from Western Washington to UMass (updated)
Ned Markosian, currently professor of philosophy at Western Washington University (current website, Academia.edu page), has accepted an offer as professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts…
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Bioethicist Live-Tweets Her Son’s Sex-Ed Class (updated)
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Will Computers Do Philosophy?
Plus, an online magazine that “aims to introduce readers to the beauty and the practical applications of mathematics” has an interesting article on whether…
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Police Violence, Race, and…?
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Lockwood v. Tooley on “Sexual Assault on Campus”
Heidi Lockwood (Southern Connecticut) and Michael Tooley (Colorado) met at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) earlier this month for a debate sponsored by VCU’s Department…
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Inaugural Issue of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association
The first ever issue of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association is now available online. According to a press release from the APA, “All current…
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Who Deleted What From Heidegger’s Works, And Who Knew About It? (updated)
FAZ, one of the main newspapers in Germany, reports on the unraveling scandal regarding Heidegger’s anti-Semitic writings. The latest, I am told, is that…
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Watching TV (with poll)
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Out of Context
It has happened to many a teacher. You are up there speaking in front of the class and the words escape your lips. And…
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Advice on Refereeing Papers
Three professors have published a brief guide to refereeing papers. Though based in business schools, Jonathan Berk (Stanford), Campbell Harvey (Duke), and David Hirshleifer…