Nathan Nobis writes: I have created a survey to try to identify which topics are most commonly addressed in introductory ethics courses that have a […] Read More
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St. Louis Annual Conference on Reason and Rationality UM-St. Louis May 23-25, 2010 Moonrise Hotel The Department of Philosophy at UM-St. Louis is pleased to […] Read More
Over at The Business Ethics Blog, Chris MacDonald has a very interesting post on ethical issues surrounding the labor dispute at the Westin St. Francis, […] Read More
I've recently been advising a student who is trying to gain admission to philosophy grad school. One of the programs to which he has applied […] Read More
All professional philosophers are invited to participate in a survey on publishing in philosophy. It should take about 10 minutes. It will be useful to […] Read More
At the "start of the year" college meeting last week our dean showed some Powerpoint slides listing the number of majors in each department over […] Read More
As summer comes to a close and we get ready to return to the classroom, I’ve been thinking more about the different shapes my colleagues’ summers have taken, about how much we’ve written and how much real holidays we’ve taken. As a philosophy department chair, one of my responsibilities is chairing the department’s annual performance evaluation committee and each year I’m struck anew by how hard some of my colleagues work. I feel humbled by how much very high quality work some colleagues publish.
We've all had our own horrible experiences with journals — long delays, sloppy or uncharitable referee reports, apparently hasty or otherwise defective decisions, etc. You […] Read More