Next up in the Elements in Metaphysics series is "Social Ontology" by Brian Epstein. #openaccess and check out the video abstract too!
https://t.co/avmweCcJYX
My new analysis of the most-cited philosophers in the Stanford Encyclopedia (as a measure of influence in what I call "mainstream Anglophone philosophy"). I'll follow up later with various demographic analyses.
As usual, David Lewis tops the list:
https://t.co/HLb7vLaqUL
What does it mean when philosophers of mind claim their works are informed by empirical evidence? Karen Yan and Chuan-Ya Liao investigate in this post for Imperfect Cognitions! https://t.co/Hd2PaDEPXf
Am giving #IAPT keynote today, on #philosophyoftime and sexism. At hotel breakfast this morning…
-Friendly Woman: “Are you here for the conference?”
-Me: “Yes”
-Friendly Woman: “Is your husband giving a talk?”
WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.
I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.
This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. @ATLNewsFirst
Sadly, @UniKent has announced plans to axe a number of smaller departments, including philosophy. We perform well on all measures, including student recruitment. But smaller subjects have less clout and are easiest to cut. Help us shout out our value to the uni! They need to hear
How do we decide who to trust? SRI Grad Fellow Alice Huang's (@uoftphilosophy) new paper in @TheBJPS looks how we use "track records" to make decisions about trust. Alice uses computational techniques to ask whether track records help us identify experts. https://t.co/fYhlZEc2fn