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First-order Model Theory

10. December 2018 Philosophy News News

[Revised entry by Wilfrid Hodges and Thomas Scanlon on December 10, 2018. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] First-order model theory, also known as classical model theory, is a branch of [More]

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Time to TT job (by Leiter rank)

10. December 2018 Philosophy News News

Jonathan Weisberg (Toronto) posted this graph on social media today (compiled from the 2017 ADPA report): There are a number of things interesting about this graph... First, there isn't that much [More]

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What Are You Reading…On Memory

10. December 2018 Philosophy News News

There are many relationships one can take to their memory. One can be skeptical of it, like Descartes, in the name of finding a firm ... Read [More]

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Conservatives in the Academy III: Not Capable?

10. December 2018 Philosophy News News

As noted in previous essays, there is a diversity issue in higher education: liberals (or at least Democrats) significantly outnumber conservatives (or at least Republicans). Since the subject of [More]

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Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics

10. December 2018 Philosophy News News

2018.12.08 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Jonathan A. Newman, Gary Varner, and Stefan Linquist, Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics, Cambridge [More]

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Pleasure and expertise. Those who play tennis well or cook well experience a kind of pleasure unavailable to others. Is the same true for those who read well?

10. December 2018 Philosophy News News

Pleasure and expertise. Those who play tennis well or cook well experience a kind of pleasure unavailable to others. Is the same true for those who read [More]

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There are two different types of Jane Austen fans

9. December 2018 Philosophy News News

There is a theory current among many of my fellow Janeites about what kind of a Jane Austen devotee one can be. Either, it is said, one unreservedly cleaves to the Austen of Pride and Prejudice and [More]

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Kristeva Circle Call for Papers

8. December 2018 Philosophy News News

Here at Emory University we will be hosting the upcoming meeting of the Julia Kristeva Circle, October 3-5, 2019. The theme of the meeting will be Trajectories of Psychoanalysis. Keynote speakers [More]

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The world’s nicest know-it-all. Why does John McPhee know so much about Sophia Loren, the Moscow State Circus, and the golf habits of the Washington elite?

8. December 2018 Philosophy News News

The world’s nicest know-it-all. Why does John McPhee know so much about Sophia Loren, the Moscow State Circus, and the golf habits of the Washington [More]

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Carnegie Mellon’s Maralee Harrell Wins the Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching

7. December 2018 Philosophy News News

The American Philosophical Association (APA), the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), and the Teaching Philosophy Association (TPA) are pleased to announce that Professor Maralee ... [More]

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