Tag: sociology of philosophy
-
Analytic Philosophy and McCarthyism: A New Look (guest post)
To what extent is the “the story about the analytic turn” in philosophy a story about politics?
-
Value Capture in Philosophy
“Value capture is… where your values are rich and subtle or in the process of developing that way. And you get put in a…
-
The Personal Value of Conversations Across Serious Disagreement (guest post)
“I know that people are reluctant to voice objections to things I’ve said, not because I’ve given a convincing argument, but because I’m a…
-
Out in FAFO County (guest post)
“How you talk does not merely express your internal state, it shapes it.”
-
The 253 Most Cited Works in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (guest post)
What are the most cited works in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP)?
-
The Double-Binds of First-Generation (and other “Different”) Academics
Jennifer Morton (University of Pennsylvania) is the author of the latest contribution to #first-gen philosophers, a collection of reflections by philosophers who were among the…
-
Political Philosophy’s “Obsolescence” In a World of Trump, etc.
“I strongly suspect that much of political philosophy and political theory and not a little bit of ‘applied,’ policy-salient ethics of the last three…
-
The Not-So-Silent Generation in Philosophy (guest post)
“What explains the Silent Generation’s disproportionate representation among the most influential philosophers in the mainstream Anglophone tradition?”
-
Doing Philosophy in English: A Survey for Native and Non-Native Speakers
“Academic English,” the dominant language of contemporary philosophy, is different from everyday English. What are the challenges faced by native and non-native speakers of…
-
The 378 Most-Cited Contemporary Authors in the SEP (guest post) (updated)
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) is one of the most widely respected online reference works. Many philosophers and students have found it to…
-
How Risk-Averse is Academic Philosophy?
“Philosophical inquiry thrives when it is conducted in a spirit that risks overreaching a bit,” yet “the current incentive structure of academic philosophy in…
-
Why a Philosopher’s Racist Email from 26 Years Ago is News Today
Influential Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, well-known for his work on philosophical questions related to ethics, the future, and technology (existential risk, artificial intelligence, simulation),…
-
Is Any of Analytic Philosophy’s Dominance Owed to McCarthyism?
“It is clear enough that McCarthyism and its legacy were sufficient to make life hard for a particular strand of opposition to the analytic…
-
Citation Rates by Academic Field: Philosophy Is Near the Bottom (guest post)
Academia’s emphasis on citation rates is “mixed news” for philosophy: it can bring attention to high-quality work, but tends to make philosophy and other…
-
Escaping the “Feedback Loop” of Sexism in the History of Philosophy
“Some of the women discussed in this Issue cannot be slotted easily into a history that did not include their ideas in the first…
-
“Departments of Cognitive Poker”? Competitiveness and Philosophy (guest post)
Is philosophy an especially competitive discipline? How? Is its competitiveness a problem? If so, what might we do about it?