Philosophers Just Miss the Top Ten

The news is here. Being number 12 isn’t all that bad in this context.

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“Is Economic Growth Sustainable?”

For those in and around Jacksonville, the Jacksonville University Philosophy Club will host a philosophy slam — “Is Economic Growth Sustainable?” — featuring Elizabeth Porter (JU) on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 7:30 P.M. The slam will take place at London Bridge Pub: 100 East Adams Street, at the corner of Adams and Ocean, Downtown [...]

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“A Dearth of Women Philosophers”

“Do women shun philosophy because of its climate of aggressive argumentation?”
The New York Times “Idea of the Day” is here. (HT: Kevin Timpe)

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Career Advise for Philosophers

Here, compliments of Inside Higher Ed.

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“Monty Python and The Meaning of Life”

For those in and around Jax tomorrow:
UNF’s Philosophy Club will host this year’s first ‘Philosophy Movie Night’ tomorrow. The feature will be “Monty Python and The Meaning of Life.” The event will take place in Building 57/1270 at 7:00 P.M. There will be free food and drinks and a philosophical discussion, led by UNF’s Mike [...]

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William P. Alston, 1921-2009

From James K. A. Smith (Calvin College) via the Society of Christian Philosophers:
Linda Zagzebski sadly informed us that Bill Alston, 87, died earlier today, September 13, 2009, at his home in Jamesville, NY. [...] A key figure in the founding of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Bill was a past president of both SCP and [...]

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Labor Day Congratulations …

… to Aaron Kenna whose post “The Relevant Alternative Theory of Knowledge” was included in the latest Philosophers’ Carnival — see Tent #4.

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The “Top Ten” Philosophers

MOVING TO THE FRONT (ORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 18)
… according to this recent poll:
1. Plato (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)
2. Aristotle loses to Plato by 367–364
3. Kant loses to Plato by 411–328, loses to Aristotle by 454–295
4. Hume loses to Plato by 534–166, loses to Kant by 533–176
5. Descartes loses to Plato by [...]

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The editors of a new mathematics journal think that even if you’ve “squared the circle” or “reinvented the wheel” there may be something of value in your paper.

The new open access online journal Rejecta Mathematica accepts only papers that have been rejected by other journals. (I can’t quite work it out now, but it seems that an inconsistency caused by a semantic or set theoretic paradox may lurk somewhere in the works.)

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Call for Papers: “Spirituality in Action: Bringing Transpersonal Psychology to a World in Crisis”

I though this might be relevant for those working on Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, and/or Moral Psychology. Best of Luck!

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Trouble for Philosophy at FSU?

Potential layoffs of tenured faculty? Brian Leiter provides some details here.
I have heard that certain faculty members and certain departments at FSU have suffered pretty badly from the budget cuts. I am under the impression, however, that philosophy faculty are highly regarded (rightly so) and that the department does not face such drastic cuts.

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FPA 2009 – Call for Papers

MOVING TO THE FRONT (FROM APRIL 30)
Paper submissions are invited for the 55th annual meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association, to be held November 13-14, 2009, in Gainesville, hosted by Santa Fe College.
(Note: For graduate students, the deadline for submissions to the FPA conference is, roughly, two weeks after the deadline for submissions to the [...]

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The New Philosophers’ Carnival is…

here.  Topics include everything from meta-ontology, to libertarian political philosophy.
Enjoy!

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A Slightly Belated Congratulations …

… to:

Dathan Auerbach, whose paper, “A Defense of Retributivism Through an Alternative Conception of Human Agency,” won UNF’s Graduate Student Paper Prize in the Philosophy.

Andrew Brenner, whose paper, “The Impact of Chalmers’ Theory of Consciousness on the Theistic Argument from Consciousness,” won UNF’s Undergraduate Student Paper Prize in Philosophy.

Jessica McCall, whose paper, “The Trouble with [...]

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Philosopher’s Digest

The Digest is a great resource for the Philosopher who wants to stay current on recent articles published in major journals.  Not only are the articles presented with concise representations of their arguments, the site additionally offers a forum for commentary and reviews.
One of the motivations for the site is to encourage discussion of philosophical [...]

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Conference Preview

Both the theme and the plenary speakers are set for the 13th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference. The theme is “Health Care, Conscience, and Property.” The plenary speakers are H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. (Rice) and Kenneth Brummel-Smith (FSU). The CFP will be out shortly.
Note: Although papers related to the conference theme will be preferred, [...]

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Grad School Offers

Congratulations to those who have been accepted for graduate studies!
UNF’s Department of Philosophy would particularly like to congratulate a number of our own students on their accomplishments:

Quincy Faircloth has accepted an offer from the Ph.D. program in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He also had an offer from the Ph.D. [...]

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“Ethics in Asian and Recent Western Philosophy”

Professor Joel Kupperman (Connecticut) will deliver the first John C. Maraldo Lecture in Comparative Philosophy on “Ethics in Asian and Recent Western Philosophy” from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 9, in the College of Health, Room 1016. The lecture will be hosted by UNF’s Department of Philosophy, the College of Arts and Sciences [...]

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Ancient Philosophy at UNF

The Department of Philosophy is very pleased to announce that Paul Carelli (Kentucky) has accepted our offer for a tenure-track teaching position at UNF. Dr. Carelli is a specialist in Ancient Greek Philosophy, with a particular interest in Plato’s moral psychology. He also has teaching interests in Asian Philosophy, Ethics, and Logic. We look forward [...]

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Neuroscience Boot Camp

University of Pennsylvania Neuroscience Boot Camp. August 2-12, 2009. A summer institute on neuroscience for graduate students and professionals in law, policy, business, economics, journalism, ethics, education and other fields.
Why Neuroscience Boot Camp?
Neuroscience is increasingly relevant to a number of professions and academic disciplines beyond its traditional medical applications. Lawyers, educators, economists and businesspeople, as [...]

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H.M. Dies at 82

A famous participant in neuroscience research, H.M., died last week. NYT reports:
In 1953, he underwent an experimental brain operation in Hartford to correct a seizure disorder, only to emerge from it fundamentally and irreparably changed. He developed a syndrome neurologists call profound amnesia. He had lost the ability to form new memories.
For the next 55 [...]

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Bad Job Market News

The scoop on the humanities at Inside Higher Ed.

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Academeology: A Book by Female Science Professor

An academic blogger, Female Science Professor, began blogging anonymously in 2006. Her blog postings have been collected in a book which might interest our readers who like reading and thinking about science, intersections of philosophy and science, the production of scientific knowledge and the workings of academia. Female Science Professor is, well, a female scientist [...]

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Elon: An Exception to the Rule

Inside Higher Ed has an article about Elon University’s attempts to go against the grain and become less reliant on contingent faculty. Excerpt:
The percentage of faculty members who are off the tenure track keeps going up, and they are quite possibly in the majority in American higher education. Administrators have justified the hiring pattern — [...]

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Slam Thursday

For those in Jacksonville: As previously announced, tomorrow evening (Thursday, November 20th) the UNF Philosophy Club will host a Philosophy Slam at The Grape in St. Johns Town Center. (There will be a special drink menu available for the event. ) The topic is: ” If You’re an Egalitarian, Why Are You So Rich?” Our [...]

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