Gerard O’Brien on CTM
Interview here I’m a bit slow to the party, but I think this hadn’t been linked to here yet. cheers Glenn
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Call for Nominations: 2014 Stanton Prize
Nominations are invited for the 2014 Stanton Prize, awarded annually to a young scholar who has made significant contributions to interdisciplinary research in philosophy, psychology and/or related disciplines, and who has been active in the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP). Winners are chosen by the executive committee of the …
When Someone Asks You to Referee…
… give an answer. Please. One of the most frustrating experiences of editors is asking someone to referee a paper or a book manuscript and getting no answer. Occasionally, this is because an email is sent to the wrong address or gets lost. But that’s not the typical case. I …
Philosophers’ Carnival #158
… at Philosophy, et cetera.
Get a PhD in both Philosophy AND Psychology
Yale just created a new program in which graduate students can get a single degree that counts as a PhD in both philosophy and psychology. The basic idea is that students take courses in both departments and then write a single interdisciplinary dissertation. On completing the degree, students should be in …
On the Horizon at Brains
Many thanks to those who have participated in the Butterfill and Apperly symposium, which will remain open for at least a few more days. Blogging at Brains will likely get quiet over the holidays, but I’m pleased to say that beginning next week, Oron Shagrir of the Hebrew University of …
Predicting Disagreement: Strange Fictions in X-Phi
My paper with Edward Cokely entitled “Predicting Philosophical Disagreement” is now out in Philosophy Compass. It puts in one accessible piece the work we’ve done over the past several years showing that heritable personality traits predict disagreement in a number of philosophical domains, even among verifiable experts. In the article …