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6 Jun 2011, 11:36 am
The earlier item on the miniscule proportion of Blacks in academic philosophy (less than 1%) yielded a striking comment by philosopher Lionel McPherson at Tufts University, which he kindly gave me permission to repost here. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 6:23 am
A philosophy graduate student elsewhere writes: Your recent mention of "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers" (in the poll on philosophers of law) got me thinking about other "classic" legal papers. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 7:21 am
Journal of Philosophy loses to Philosophical Review by 244–117 3. [read post]
8 Jan 2011, 11:26 am
Two sociologists have set up an interesting ranking device for sociology departments, and have now, kindly, made one for philosophy departments. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 6:36 am
MOVING TO FRONT FROM SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 If you've studied philosophy at the undergraduate or graduate level, and are thinking about law school, I would like to urge you to consider the University of Chicago Law School. [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 8:22 am
Torbjorn Tannsjo, Kristian Claëson Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, asked me to share the following experience he recently had. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 12:59 pm
The full list of winners in the latest competition for doctoral fellowship support from the National Science Foundation is here; those studying philosophy of science who won support are: Julia Bursten (University of Pittsburgh); Samuel Fletcher (University of California, Irvine);... [read post]
10 Jan 2022, 3:34 am
...courtesy of philosophers Filippo Contesi and Giulio Pietroiusti (both Barcelona); they write: In some academic disciplines, publication and discussion of articles before journal submission is generally much more widespread than in philosophy. [read post]
20 Jun 2018, 3:29 am
...Bas van Fraassen, who is emeritus at Princeton and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. [read post]
27 Sep 2016, 7:53 am
Following up on this post, and once again taking account of faculty changes since the fall 2014 PGR, here's an attempted update of the top (3.5 or higher) programs for philosophy of mind for 2016-17, again by rough "clusters" of... [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 3:54 am
If you've studied philosophy at the undergraduate or graduate level, and are thinking about law school, I would like to urge you to consider the University of Chicago Law School. [read post]
15 Nov 2018, 9:16 am
Shaun Wallace, a PhD student in Computer Science at Brown University, asked me to share the following: We at the Brown HCI research lab built a user-editable spreadsheet containing over 150 current Philosophy faculty job postings. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 3:57 am
(Bizarrely, the Times piece includes a photo of the hack philosopher Ayn Rand, who would indeed be unemployable in any serious philosophy department!) [read post]
16 Nov 2021, 11:40 am
Philosopher Steve Hales at Bloomsburg has shared with me this excellent open letter to the Chancellor of the university system that he has drafted; I encourage everyone to sign, and I suspect other philosophy departments may want to adopt some... [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 2:52 pm
Political theorist David Lay Williams (DePaul) writes: I'm writing to let you know that my former home university, The University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point has just announced that it plans to eliminate its Philosophy major (along with 11-12 other majors, mostly... [read post]
14 Apr 2009, 4:11 am
MOVING TO FRONT FOR THE LAST TIME THIS HIRING SEASON (ORIGINALLY POSTED FEBRUARY 2) It's that time of year again...I am opening comments on this thread for people to post news about junior, tenure-track hires in philosophy departments, i.e., hires... [read post]
20 Feb 2023, 8:19 am
., writes: The president of Marymount recently proposed the closure of the following programs: theology & religious studies (BA), philosophy (BA), mathematics (BA), art (BA), history... [read post]
20 Mar 2018, 4:29 am
The PGR has always given substantial attention to the Continental traditions in post-Kantian philosophy, reporting, much to the self-interested consternation of those affected, the generally low opinion philosophers hold of the SPEP departments that would like to maintain an exclusive... [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 6:03 am
As a philosopher at IWU wrote: "Although the Philosophy Department survived—-this time—this is *not* a day for celebration.... [read post]
16 Nov 2021, 2:45 pm
Continuing with the specialty previews, below the fold are the top 4 programs in philosophy of action (with median and mode scores in parentheses after each school's name): Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 4.5) Florida State University (4.5, 5)... [read post]
