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Philosopher App Store (Friday Fun — an occasional series)
It’s Friday, and it is apparently a slow news day in the world of philosophy, so let’s make some fun. The Philosopher App Store…
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Three Philosophers Win ACLS Fellowships
The American Council of Learned Societies has announced the winners of its 2013-14 Charles A. Ryskamp and Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship competitions. Three philosophers are…
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Epistemic Humility
Ellen Fridland, a philosopher at King’s College London, reflects on recent upheavals in the philosophy blogosphere in this brief “Plea for Humility“. …in times…
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When An Offer Is Rescinded Mid-Negotiation
A candidate received an offer from Nazareth College, a small liberal arts college. She replied with a list of provisions that would “make my…
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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…