On 11 June 2010 the Philosophy Department at the University of Birmingham (UK) will host a Graduate Workshop on Pain, sponsored by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science and supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Keynote speakers will be: Dr David Bain, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of …
In response to the earlier thread on publishing while in graduate school, a student at a PGR top 40 department wrote me as follows: I’m likely to go on the job market in two years, and as such, I was particularly interested (and helped!) by your advice on publishing while …
A grad student at a top five philosophy program wrote me as follows: What do you think of someone like me (i.e. zero publications) submitting things to very new journals, like “Review of Philosophy and Psychology” or “Philosophy & Theory in Biology”? It seems probably better to go for journals …
By Jim Virtel The University of Pennsylvania is holding its second Neuroethics Boot Camp from August 1 – 11, 2010. All interested graduate students, professional students, university faculty, and working professionals are encouraged to apply regardless of science background. Applications are due February 1, 2010. Here’s more information from …
By Jim Virtel GQ published an article describing the NFL’s reluctance to acknowledge Dr. Bennet Omalu’s discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in former NFL players who were originally diagnosed with dementia pugilistica. After Omalu published his results multiple times, the NFL refused to accept his work because Omalu knew …
Here’s an intriguing contrast. In philosophy journals, reviewers tend to think that papers with “positive” results are somehow superior to critical work with “negative” results. On the whole, the profession seems to think this right and proper. In medical journals, reviewers tend to think that an experiment that …
** Second Call for papers ** 102nd Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and PsychologyApril 15-17, 2010Westin Peachtree PlazaAtlanta, GA SSPP Webpage: https://southernsociety.org/Information on 2010 meeting: https://southernsociety.org/annualmeeting.htmCall for papers: https://southernsociety.org/Call%20For%20Papers.doc Submission of papers having interdisciplinary interest is strongly encouraged. Papers should be no longer than 3000 words and be …
