I'm curious to know whether cover letters that accompany journal submissions make any difference — whether editors read them, whether the letters influence publication decisions, etc. I've always treated this as pro forma: "Dear Editors, Please consider this manuscript for a future issue ofthe journal," […] Read More
This is related to the Finlay thread, but I thought it might raise more general questions. One of the most famous sets of normative statements in Western culture would be the Ten Commandments. These were written in a language that simply does not have a […] Read More
Call For Papers “Giving for Global Poverty Relief: Ethical and Empirical Dimensions” Stanford University, April 8th-9th, 2015 Sponsored by:The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil SocietyThe McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford University Keynote Speaker:Peter Singer (Princeton University and University of Melbourne)
Thanks to Brad Cokelet and the PEA Soup crew for the invitation to join an illustrious line-up! Earlier this year my first book was published (Confusion of Tongues: A Theory of Normative Language, OUP). In the first part, I offer unifying semantic analyses for central, […] Read More
AMINTAPHIL Early Career Scholar Prizes for IVR 2015 The American Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (AMINTAPHIL) will award prizes to four early career scholars who submit the best papers for the World Congress of the International Society for the […] Read More
I am glad to announce that the PEA Soup Featured Philosophers series is starting up again, and that it will henceforth feature at least one philosopher per month (see the PEA soup calendar if curious) On Thursday we will be hearing from Steve Finlay who […] Read More
It’s been a couple of days since the Senate released the torture report. The discussion in the press seems to concern (a) whether it really might be effective, (b) whether that doesn’t miss the point, that it’s wrong and that we should take the stance […] Read More
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy. The Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy is a biennial essay competition open to scholars who, at the time of submission deadline, are within fifteen (15) years of receiving a […] Read More
The organizers of the first annual Theistic Ethics Workshop encourage abstract submissions for our inaugural meeting at the Graylyn Conference Center (www.graylyn.com) on the campus of Wake Forest University. The workshop will be held on October 8-10, 2015, and details can be found here: http://users.wfu.edu/millerc/Theistic%20Ethics%20Workshop