Once again the NEH has announced the “Enduring Questions” grant competition: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html The announcement raises many troubling questions.
Category: Academia
Let's get a little down to earth here at PEA Soup: I may have to confront an actual ethical quandary in a few months, and […] Read More
Thom Brooks alerts us to a new moral and political philosophy journal, Public Reason. The journal looks to be noteworthy for a number of reasons, […] Read More
There's been an important discussion going on at Brian Leiter's blog (here and here). There's a petition, signed by well over 1000 members of the […] Read More
In his comment on this post, Dave Shoemaker writes: Too often we act as kinds of gatekeepers, judging that if students aren't sufficiently "like us" […] Read More
It's nearing that time when graduate programs admit students. Should any of us be encouraging our students to pursue a PhD in philosophy? If so, […] Read More
Since we've had a lot of good discussions in the past at PEA Soup about journals' editorial practices, I thought I'd draw everyone's attention to […] Read More
In "Stalking the Perfect Journal" (Essay 8 in The Great Eskimo Snow Vocabulary Hoax), Geoff Pullum lists some suggestions for improving academic journals; his focus […] Read More
I am getting ready to teach logic again. It’s been a while, because I grew discontent with the standard curriculum. Maybe PEA Soupers can help […] Read More