Monthly Archives: January 2009

Tech for Philosophers: PhilPapers.org

By John Basl | Published: January 31, 2009
PhilPapers has just come out of beta and is, I think, a must use piece of technology for every philosopher and student of philosophy. It collects philosophical works in many (many!) areas of philosophy and puts them in a directory that is easily searchable by a variety of criteria. To say only that is to [...]
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Economics and Grad Apps

By John Basl | Published: January 16, 2009
As if applicants to grad school didn’t have enough to worry about, Leiter has a post here talking about the financial crisis and PhD admissions. You can see the post here
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What should undergrads do if they want to go into philosophy?

By John Basl | Published: January 10, 2009
While visiting Boston, I was put in touch with a sophomore undergrad who was interested in graduate school in philosophy. In particular, the student had heard that I attended the UC Boulder Summer Seminar in Philosophy and wanted to know what I thought about this and how useful such a thing would be. I ended [...]
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“What do philosophers do?”

By John Basl | Published: January 5, 2009
It’s holiday time which means seeing family and friends which means I might be asked the dreaded question that all philosophers and philosophers-in-training must face at various times in their life: “What do philosophers do?”
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Grad Apps: Letters of Rec.

By John Basl | Published: January 2, 2009
Dave Richeson at Division by Zero has a post on asking for letters of recommendation (here). He has some great advice (write a thank you, decline to be able to see the recs, etc.). Previously when I had written a post on letters in the application process, I said that it was the easiest part for [...]
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