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Professor - South Asian Philosophy

22. January 2019 Philosophy News News

Job List: Americas Name of institution: University of Toronto Town: Toronto Country: Canada Job Description: The Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream appointment in South Asian Philosophy. The appointment will be at the rank of Professor and will commence on July 1, 2019, or shortly [More]

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Nathan Glazer, a seminal sociologist and nonideological neoconservative of a decidedly pragmatic bent, is dead at 95... NY Times... WSJ... The Bulwark... Adam Wolfson... John Podhoretz

22. January 2019 Philosophy News News

Nathan Glazer, a seminal sociologist and nonideological neoconservative of a decidedly pragmatic bent, is dead at 95... NY Times... WSJ... The Bulwark... Adam Wolfson... John [More]

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Interview with Louise Antony about the Mentoring Program for Early-Career Women in Philosophy

22. January 2019 Philosophy News News

by Louise Antony The Mentoring Workshop is the centerpiece of the Mentoring Program for Early-Career Women in Philosophy, an ongoing effort to foster mentoring relationships ... Read [More]

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Black Issues in Philosophy: Stain Removal’s Metaethical and Metaphilosophical Implications

22. January 2019 Philosophy News News

by Thomas Meagher Reid Miller’s Stain Removal: Ethics and Race is a philosophical examination guided by the task of troubling ethics through an examination of ... Read [More]

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Philosopher of The Month: William James (timeline)

22. January 2019 Philosophy News News

This January the OUP Philosophy team honours William James (1842-1910) as their Philosopher of the Month. James was the founder of pragmatism, an influential Harvard philosopher and scholar on religion and was arguably considered one of the dominant figures in psychology of his day, before Sigmund Freud. The post Philosopher of The Month: William James (timeline) appeared first on OUPblog. Related StoriesCervical cancer and the story-telling cloth in MaliHow well do you know William Godwin? [quiz]Philosopher of The Month: William Godwin [More]

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The war on bric-a-brac. Long before Marie Kondo, Unitarian ministers and interior designers fought against Victorian-era excess with calls for “Simplicity!” and “No junk!”

22. January 2019 Philosophy News News

The war on bric-a-brac. Long before Marie Kondo, Unitarian ministers and interior designers fought against Victorian-era excess with calls for “Simplicity!” and “No [More]

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Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Facts and Our Stubborn Attitude Towards Them

21. January 2019 Philosophy News News

by Robert Greenleaf Brice Facts, as the old saying goes, are “stubborn things.” But what about our attitude towards facts? When one’s feelings about facts ... Read [More]

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Getting things done, part 1: adaptation

21. January 2019 Philosophy News News

In my experience, one of the more common things early-career people struggle with is getting things done. Earlier in my career, I had a really difficult time with this myself. For example, after my comprehensive exams in graduate school, I think I went something like a year-and-a-half without finishing [More]

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How Martin Seligman stopped worrying and learned to love writing pop psychology. “‘I’m rich,’ I announced to my mother on the phone”

21. January 2019 Philosophy News News

How Martin Seligman stopped worrying and learned to love writing pop psychology. “‘I’m rich,’ I announced to my mother on the [More]

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Unconventional teaching ideas that work: Asking your students to perform 90 minutes of kindness for no reward (Eric Schwitzgebel)

19. January 2019 Philosophy News News

Guest post by Eric Schwizgebel, University of California, Riverside, reprinted from Eric's personal blog the splintered mind. Followers of this blog will recall my post from October 30, where I [More]

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