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A Small, Not Particularly Sad Thing, That Nevertheless Has a Minor, Slightly Sad Aspect 20 Aug 2013 | 12:46 am
I was recently made slightly sad about something. Before I say what it was, I want to emphasize that I'm not complaining. On balance, it's a reasonably decent situation. Better than average. Overall, ...
View #10 24 Jul 2013 | 08:28 pm
Remember when we were doing Views from your Window? I kind of let the project die, but there were a few submissions that I didn't get to. One of the ones I didn't get to was my favorite, and this whol...
Should Phillis Bail? 23 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
An anonymous Smoker writes: Imagine a philosophy PhD student - call her Phillis - who is about half way through her well-ranked program. Phillis is a bright student whose adviser thinks highly of h....
Some Things I Still Don't Understand About the McGinn Case 16 Jul 2013 | 09:38 pm
I have gone back and forth about whether to publish this post or not. There'd be something I didn't understand, so I'd write about it a little, then decide not to publish it and put it away. Then some...
Be Employable, Study Philosophy 12 Jul 2013 | 08:22 pm
Via Leiter, I found this nice little article about the benefits of a philosophical education. The author is a journalist who thinks that aspiring journalists should study philosophy, not journalism. S...
McGinn Interview in the Chronicle 2 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
Here. It’s behind a paywall, and unfortunately I don’t know of anyone who has posted a PDF to the internet like last time. Sorry. It paints a horrible picture of McGinn using mostly his own words. It...
The New APA Website... 1 Jul 2013 | 08:37 pm
...is up. Looks nice. Looks like an actual, professionally-produced website, and not* some piece of Geocities trash from 1996. Drop-down menus are clearly labeled and functional. Seems well-organized....
APA and PhilJobs Will Jointly Produce the JFP 29 Jun 2013 | 01:36 am
Holy shit. According to the email I just got, the APA and the PhilPapers people are merging the JFP with PhilJobs. And it will be free to job seekers, it says. Free! I love free. Holy shit. They also...
Fisking the Pinker Letter, or, More on McGinn: I Shouldn't Have Written This and You Shouldn't Read It 26 Jun 2013 | 09:29 pm
In a long tradition of continuing to talk about sexism-related stuff long after everyone is sick of hearing about it, I bring you a third post on L'Pickle McGinn. McGinn has clearly rejected his own ...
On Citations 21 Jun 2013 | 12:41 am
Kieran Healy's recent posts on co-citations in philosophy (also this one) got me thinking about citations more generally. (Not this kind of citation, or this kind, of course.) According to Healy, the...
