Philosophy, et cetera

At Daily Nous, there's a discussion of Tech Advice for a New Philosophy Grad Student .  There's some dispute about whether or not it...

I've previously discussed how frustrating confused referee reports can be for the author, and how the system might actually be made mor...

I'm sure any academics reading this can relate to the following experience: despite one referee's glowing report, your paper is reje...

Hopefully the financial situation for universities next year will turn out to be less dire than many fear. And hopefully what cost-cutting m...

In ' The Paradox of Beneficial Retirement ', Saul Smilansky argues that "for a great many people, the best professional action ...

Having been back in the US for a full year now, it's interesting to compare how differently academia works here compared to in the UK (w...

Michael Huemer argues that "the benefits of the vast majority of academic research are tiny at best, possibly negative, and much less ...

Will MacAskill is seeking feedback on the 80,000 Hours advice page he's written for those who ask the question: " I want to make a...

I gather the norm is that research talks (colloquia, etc.) are meant for presenting unpublished work; work that is, at least nominally, ...

There's an interesting thread over at Daily Nous asking whether there's a problematic lack of political diversity in academic philos...

I recently came across Brian Weatherson's excellent post from earlier in the year on " very junior [female] faculty doing demandin...

Some observations on the philosophy job market from my wife Helen: Almost every single school that does applications online uses the same (...

... at http://phylo.info/jobs : Phylo Jobs is a free listing of job openings for academic philosophers. Listings are accepted from departme...

There are lots of good suggestions in this Leiter Reports thread on what the APA could be doing better. To summarize my favourites:

Interesting stuff in the NYT : Some imagine a situation in which the bulk of introductory course materials are online, as videos or interac...

Tuomas writes: [I]f all you care about is getting a high paid position at a top university in the US, then listen to Leiter. But if you’re...

I'm a big fan of open-access publishing :  Philosophers' Imprint , NDPR , and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy  are all wonde...

This is somewhat old news, but it's never too late to note that John Holbo is a legend : The book is published by Pearson Asia (that’s a...

I was recently struck by the thought: professors carefully read and assess the writing samples of (at least) those prospective graduate stud...

A couple more questions of information architecture : What are blogs good for? And what is the ideal medium for philosophical discussion? ...