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#philq: A Tag for Philosopher’s Queries
Later this month I’ll be giving a presentation/demo on academic uses of twitter at a meeting of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers. One of my favorite uses of twitter is to crowdsource philosophical questions. Whether I need a suggestion for a reading, a citation, or someone to find an article [...]
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Dear Scientists and Science Fan Boys/Girls, Know your role.
There was recently some back and forth in the Guardian between Nick Maxwell and Jon Butterworth concerning the nature of science and the role of philosophers of science (Evelyn Brister has a nice recap and some good comments over at Knowledge and Experience). Today the bloggingheads diavalog between Fodor and Sober on Fodor’s latest book [...]
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3 Paper Dissertation
I’ve been planning for awhile to write a 3-paper style dissertation. I made the case for this to my advisor (who kicks more ass than Optimum Prime) and he has been on board for a long time. As it turns out, the department actually has to have a vote to see if they should allow [...]
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Attracting Majors: The Psychology of Teaching Evaluations
A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, someone posted a link to a blog post discussing ways to attract more majors in the philosophy department. Attracting majors is really important, especially in departments without graduate students where the number of majors is a determining factor in the amount of funds you get, the potential for [...]
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Teaching Environmental Ethics
A comment by a professor here at UW has me thinking about ways to teach an environmental ethics course. One standard, or at least one natural, trajectory for an entry level environmental ethics course to take is to start with questions of moral status (e.g., who or what deserves to be considered in moral deliberations [...]
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