Tag: work
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Greatest Achiever, Philosopher Edition
Over at Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen (GMU) suggests that Johann Sebastian Bach may be “the greatest achiever of all time.”
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€1.5 Million Grant for Philosophical Project on Work for Democratic Societies
Lisa Herzog, Professor of Political Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy and Centre for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen, has…
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Daily Nous Turns Five
Daily Nous began with a brief welcome message five years ago, today, around this time. Some of you may be thinking: “five years already?…
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Impostor Syndrome: “a problem I don’t especially wish to solve”
‘Impostor syndrome’ describes a problem I don’t especially wish to solve. Its remedy is to recognise that one does in fact belong. Yet I can’t…
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How To Do First-Class Work
Richard Hamming, a mathematician and scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, Bell Labs, and the Naval Postgraduate School…
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Working from Home and (vs?) the Goods of Academic Community
How much time do you spend working in your campus office? Do you do most of your work from home? At a coffee shop?…
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The “Self-Valorizing Vanity” of Philosophers
Philosophy professors, is your job (A) just a way to pay the bills, (B), a “fun and challenging” career but certainly not the only thing worth…