Tag: philosophy
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Philosophy Under Threat at Univ. of St. Thomas Houston (updated)
It is standard operating procedure at the University of St. Thomas (Houston) for faculty to receive and return their renewal contracts for the following…
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What Graduate Students In Philosophy Are And Should Be Paid For Teaching
The graduate students in the philosophy program at the University of St. Andrews are concerned about their teaching conditions, some of them tell me, but they…
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If Anglo-American Philosophy Is So Great, Where Is Its Las Casas? (guest post by Manuel R. Vargas)
Many of my philosophical friends are puzzled by my interest in Anglo-American philosophy… If Anglophone philosophers—especially those who have studied in the U.S.—have done…
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Psychologists Test Kant’s Aesthetics
The experience of beauty is a pleasure, but common sense and philosophy suggest that feeling beauty differs from sensuous pleasures such as eating or…
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Never Trained How To Teach
I was never trained or advised how to teach. I just imitated what I liked about my own teachers… Once I said in a…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
What’s new at some key online philosophy resources? We check the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), Wi-Phi, and 1000-Word Philosophy for updates…
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Virtues of Philosophers: Humility, Curiosity, Charity, Courage, and Grace
What are the virtues of a philosopher? I won’t pretend this is an uncontroversial question, but I leave aside the tasks of defending it…
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Favorite Teaching Experiences 2016-17
The school year is wrapped up at some places, and about to be wrapped up at others. We could use some positive vibes around…
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Hypatia Controversy Updates (updated)
Below is a list of assorted commentaries on the ongoing Hypatia controversy, mostly lifted from one of the updates on the original post on…
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Systematic Discrimination in Peer Review: Some Reflections (guest post by by Kyle Powys Whyte)
“As these issues of peer review and editorial review continue to arise every year, I hope people increasingly address the systematic problems—taking into consideration…
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Before We Go Forward (guest post by Alison Suen)
“…the conversation should have been about the issues, rather than the individual. Unfortunately, it did not begin that way.” The following is a guest…
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Hypatia’s Editor And Its Board President Defend Publication of Tuvel Article
“I firmly believe, and this belief will not waver, that it is utterly inappropriate for editors to repudiate an article they have accepted for…
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Mini-Heap
Mini-Heap: recent items from the Heap of Links, collected in groups of 10, here for your perusal and discussion.
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The Latest Philosophy Papers
A new website has been launched that lists new philosophy articles as they are published. The site, called The Philosophy Paperboy, is the creation of Andrea…
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Focus On The Fire, Not The Spark (guest post by Sally Haslanger)
The following is a guest post* by Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women’s & Gender Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, regarding…
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“Philosophy Does Not Compel, Threaten, or Mock”
This past Monday, Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, delivered the 2017 National Endowment for…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update
Here’s the weekly report on what’s new at several online philosophy resources (a day late, but there have been computer issues). We currently check…
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Philosophy Department Chairs: New Online Discussion Group
Tiger Roholt, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Montclair State University, has started a new online discussion group for philosophy department chairs.…
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51 Years Teaching Philosophy Is Not Good Enough, says Accreditor
Professor Katherine Butler has taught philosophy at Wayne State College (WSC) in Wayne, Nebraska, for 51 years. It doesn’t look like she’ll be doing it…
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Citation Patterns Across Journals (guest post by Brian Weatherson)
“Anything can happen in a small sample, but it was enough to suggest to me a hypothesis: There is no such thing as a generalist…