Category Archives: Graduate School

Choosing an AOS and AOCs

By John Basl | Published: November 14, 2008
An undergraduate wrote to Leiter asking, essentially, what areas of specialization and of competence are in demand on the philosophy job market. You can view the post here. There is some good advice in the comments of the post despite what seems to be some disagreement on how much considerations of the marketability of certain [...]
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Should you go to graduate school in philosophy?

By John Basl | Published: October 29, 2008
David Brink recently did a 2 page write up about graduate study in philosophy. It is well worth reading (I’m hosting it locally here). The section titles are: 1. Is graduate study right for you? 2. What to expect in graduate school 3. Applying to graduate school 4. Deciding where to go He provides a nice summary of important information [...]
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Intro Revisited

By John Basl | Published: September 22, 2006
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Teaching Intro

By John Basl | Published: September 12, 2006
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Graduate Students and Unions

By John Basl | Published: June 6, 2006
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The Application Process, pt. 2 (Letters)

By John Basl | Published: November 1, 2005
To continue my application posts, I’m going to talk about letters of recommendation. There were some things I did to make it easier on me, and my recommenders. If you are interested, you can read on to see what schools ask for, how I set up the process for my recommenders, and some [...]
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