Last weekend I was at the Central APA in Chicago. Here are some events I attended that may be of interest to philosophers of mind:Henry Jackman, in “Fodor on Concepts and Modes of Presentation,” argued that Fodor’s treatment of the publicity constraint on concepts is available to a certain kind …
The first ever Online Philosophy Conference (OPC 2006) has begun here. There are seven papers with commentary posted for this week, to be followed by 8-9 papers per week the next three weeks. Anyone can read the papers and post comments. It’s a great opportunity, especially for students and other …
I occasionally receive queries on how to get a job in the U.S. Here is my best guess on the matter. Further comments and suggestions are welcome.The U.S. probably has the largest number of academic jobs of any country in the world, or at least the largest number of desirable …
Leiter Reports has a page up for posting junior philosophy hires.We at University of Missouri – St. Louis hired John Brunero, a graduate of Columbia who works in ethics and political philosophy.My alma mater, History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, placed 10 candidates out of 10. …
Experimental philosophy is a recent philosophical movement. In spite of the name, its proponents do not attempt to do philosophy by conducting experiments. Strictly speaking, they don’t conduct experiments at all (at least in the literature I’ve read).They conduct surveys, however, in which they ask for subjects’ opinions on a …
Since Slate published an article on so called “experimental philosophy,” the debate on it has escalated in the blogosphere. Good ways into the discussion are here and here. Hopefully I’ll post something on it soon.
Several people asked me what the good philosophy journals are. I can’t say about all areas of philosophy, but I have compiled an informal and provisional ranking based on Leiter’s ranking plus commentaries that were posted on his website in the past. It contains journals that publish in philosophy of …
