May 2012
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Symons from UTEP to Kansas
John Symons (metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso, has accepted a senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Kansas, effective this fall.
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Yaffe from USC to Yale
Gideon Yaffe, Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Southern California has accepted a senior offer from Yale Law School, effective July 1. Professor Yaffe has been a leading contributor to philosophy of action, and, more recently, philosophy of criminal law. He has also written on early modern philosophy.
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Free Philosophy App from Wiley-Blackwell
Here. I've only downloaded 2 or 3 apps in my whole life, but this one looks useful!
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Maintaining a Personal Web Page While on the Job Market
A philosophy graduate student writes: As a graduate student preparing for the academic job market, I've noticed that a significant number of my peers maintain personal webpages, where others can view their CV's, teaching portfolio documents, and perhaps even draft copies of their publications. I've also noticed that some people include family photos and other…
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For UK readers interested in the debate about gay marriage
Don't miss this event, there's nobody better or smarter than Les Green thinking about this topic.
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Writing a statement of purpose for PhD programs
This is useful, and includes a couple of good samples that students actually used, with success.
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Grad Student Questions about Publishing
MOVING TO THE FRONT FROM MAY 18 GIVEN THE LIVELY AND INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION This week I've gotten questions from three different graduate students (not here at Chicago) related to publications, so I thought I'd bundle them for discussion. Here they are: (1) I am a doctoral student in a top-25 ranked program and it has been…
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A petition for “open access” for taxpayer-funded research
Here. (Thanks to David Velleman for the pointer.)
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APA Strengthens Anti-Discrimination Stance
Via Mark Lance, I learn that the APA has strengthened its stance against institutions that discriminate based on sexual orientation, and will now decline to run job ads from institutions that do not affirm compliace with the anti-discrimination policy. (The move to address discrimination based on sexual orientation began with an initiative by philosopher Charles Hermes…
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The Guardian’s “Ranking” of Undergraduate Philosophy Programs in the UK
This is a curious list. I wonder what the response rates are to the various surveys about student satisfaction. Thoughts from readers more familiar with the methodology employed here?
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Watch out Quebec!
Anarchopanda (a philosophy professor, no less) joins the fray. (Thanks to Hal Parker for the pointer.) ADDENDUM: The protesters are unimpressed with the new law. (Thanks to John Protevi for the pointer.)
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The Kaufman Confusion
Dan Kaufman is a philosopher at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Daniel Kaufman is a philosopher at Missouri State University. Both have been kind enough to post comments on this blog on many occasions. The former signs his posts as dankaufman!, while the latter signs them as Dan Kaufman or Daniel Kaufman. Please take…
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The less they know…
…the more likely it is they watch Fox TV.
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Craziness in Quebec
John Protevi (LSU) has a good round-up of information about these disturbing developments, precipitated it appears by the on-going student strike against rising fees. ADDENDUM: There is a petition in opposition to the law here. (Thanks to Stephen Menn for the pointer.)
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Corporate Practice Commentator: Top Articles of 2011
You can access the full list via Professor Thompson's homepage (at the bottom). The winning articles are by Afra Afsharipour (UC Davis); Stephen Choi (NYU); Marcel Kahan (NYU) and Edward Rock (Penn) (they had two co-authored articles this year!); Donald Langevoort (Georgetown); Donna Nagy (Indiana); Hillary Sale (Wash U/St. Louis); Randall Thomas (Vanderbilt) and Harwell Wells…
David J. Gunkel «Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond» (MIT, 2023) Link:…