Five Secrets to Publishing Success

Here’s a nice article by Thom Brooks with tips on publishing.
(HT: Leiter)

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Evolution, the Environment, and Responsible Knowledge…

is the subject of an upcoming conference hosted by The University of Central Florida Department of Philosophy, the QEP for Information Fluency, the UCF Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, and AAC&U’s Core Commitments Grant.

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Women Philosophers Update

A while back, I interviewed Professor Emerita Kate Lindemann about the website women-philosophers.com.
Professor Lindemann has added many new women philosophers to the website since that time and I encourage you to check out all the interesting information on the site.
There is also information about how to incorporate the work of women philosophers into your courses. [...]

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No Elimination of UF’s Ph.D. … Yet

This observation just in from Sabrina Jamil:
Not sure how many are aware, but a revised version of the proposal has passed.
Although the Ph.D. program was not eliminated, admissions to the program are frozen until at least 2012. There is a 60 day window for additional changes to be made. More from the Gainesville Sun here:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080514/NEWS/383568383/1002/NEWS/UF_trustees_approve_budget_cuts_with_revisions_
This [...]

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UF President Machen calls for a new university budget that eliminates the PhD program in philosophy

President Bernie Machen has proposed that UF’s Ph.D program in philosophy be eliminated (along with Ph.D program in Romance Languages and Literatures with concentration in French and Ph.D. program in German) to help balance the university’s budget. Here is the same information presented in .pdf format; the relevant information is on page 7.
UPDATE (Vitz, 05/06/08): [...]

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3rd Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

at
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Keynote Speaker:
Professor Susan Bordo
Otis A. Singletary Chair in the Humanities
University of Kentucky
Author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Unbearable Weight
Call for Papers

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1st Annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Philosophical Issues Conference (2008)

Call for papers:
“At the Crossroads of Philosophy and Psychology”
Sponsored by University of South Alabama Philosophy Department
September 2008 (exact date TBA)
Keynote speaker: Joshua Knobe, University of North Carolina

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Florida Philosophical Association Call for Papers

Call for Papers
Paper submissions are invited for the 54th annual meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association which will be held November 14-16, 2008 in Daytona Beach at Embry-Riddle University. Program Coordinator: Dr. Marina Oshana. Local Organizer, Dr. Reinhold Schlieper.

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Philosophy in the News

Right here!

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The 66th Philosophers’ Carnival…

is here.  Thanks to the Uncredible Hallq for hosting - I really like the awards format.
The 67th edition will be hosted by blog.kennypearce.net with the following theme from the host:
“The 67th carnival will be focused on the theme of “idealism” - the view that minds and/or their ideas are the fundamental stuff of reality. Posts [...]

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The 64th Philosophers’ Carnival…

is here.  Thanks to Movement of Existence for hosting.
Kudos to our bloggers: Linda Harris’ post “On Organs and the Mighty $$” was featured along with Jennifer Lawson’s post on  Article 10 and Jennifer Giesselmann’s post on Situationism and Virtue Theory.  Great work ladies.
The next carnival is being hosted by Philosophy, et cetera on March 17th.
~Q

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Philosophy Slam News

For those in Jacksonville, from Erich Freiberger (Jacksonville University):

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Very Good News!

We are very pleased to announce that Chloe Taylor (Ph.D., Toronto; Post-Doc McGill) will be joining the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at UNF next fall. Professor Taylor’s research interests are in social and political philosophy, more generally, and in the areas of 20th century French philosophy as well as race and gender, more specifically. [...]

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The 62nd Philosophers’ Carnival…

…is here.  Thanks to Meaning More for hosting and congratulations to our own Jennifer Lawson, her post on Reserved Rights was included in this edition.
The 63rd edition is being hosted by the Blog of Noah Greenstein.  Here is the call for submissions.
~Q

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Body Consciousness

Florida philosopher Richard Shusterman’s (F. Atlantic) Body Consciousness has been recently published in English.
The topic of somaesthetics is new to me, but sounds relevant and interesting:
“Contemporary culture increasingly suffers from problems of attention, over-stimulation, and stress, and a variety of personal and social discontents generated by deceptive body images. This book argues that improved body [...]

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Nussbaum, Swinburne - Coming Soon

Martha Nussbaum (Chicago) will present a public lecture, “Liberty of Conscience: The Attack on America’s Tradition of Equal Respect,” at the University of North Florida on Thursday, February 21st at 7:30 P.M. in the University Center. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets will be required and may be ordered online. [...]

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American Indian Political Issues: A Blogger’s Resolution

In mid-December, Russell Means and a group of Lakota people declared they are withdrawing from treaties entered into with the United States, including but not limited to the Fort Laramie treaties. This declaration made some headlines, but apparently wasn’t widespread news.
At the time Means made the declaration I did some internet searches to see how [...]

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The 59th Philosophers’ Carnival…

Is here.  I like the layout, thanks Buffalo Philosophy.
The theme for the next Carnival is a timely one.  The carnival will appear on Jan 7th at Dialectic, with the theme “in memoriam” for philosophers who passed in 2007.  Here is the call for posts in more detail: First Dead Philosophers’ Carnival.
R.I.P. to all those who [...]

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Upcoming Events and Calls for Papers

A Public Lecture at the University of North Florida
“Freewill and Neuroscience”
Al Mele
Florida State University
Thursday at 7:30 - 9:00 P.M., in Building 50/1202

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Skills to Pay the Bills

That’s right, kids! Philosophy students have skills to pay the bills.
UPDATE 11/24/07: The article linked to above is under discussion here, here and here.

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The 56th Philosophers’ Carnival…

is here. This edition is being hosted by Philosophy and Bioethics and strikes me as one of the more original concepts yet!
Don’t miss it.
~Q
EDIT: BTW, here is the announcement for the next edition:  Come one, come all! This is the official call for papers for the 57th philosopher’s carnival to be hosted here [...]

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Black Women Philosophers

Here are a few items of interest.
First is an article on the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers. It sounds like it was a wonderful event. For those who may be unfamiliar with her, note that Joyce Mitchell Cook is in the photo accompanying the article. She is the first black woman to obtain a PhD [...]

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Philosophy Slam!

JU and UNF are hosting a Philosophy Slam on Thursday November 1st.
Dr. Michael Ruse of FSU will be discussing “Evolution and War.”
The Slam is being held at Nellies Cafe, Davis Student Commons - JU campus at 7:30PM.
For more information contact: efreibe@ju.edu
Don’t miss this chance to join in the discussion!

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The 55th Philosophers’ Carnival…

is here at The Brooks Blog.
The next edition will be hosted by Philosophy and Bioethics on November 19th.
~Q

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The 54th Philosophers’ Carnival…

is here.  This edition is hosted by the Uncredible Hallq.
Congrats to our own Jennifer Lawson and Jen Giesselmann who had posts selected for this edition.  God and the Perfect Burger Maker and Bonjour and the Lottery Paradox respectively.  Great work!
The next edition of the Carnival will hosted by the Brooks Blog.  As always we encourage [...]

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