By . We need a new model of academic progression that does not involve working evenings and weekends. More...
By Nakul Krishna. It was the last day of summer. A bumpkin from the tropics, I’d never seen an autumn before. I watched the first leaves falling outside my tutor’s window and heard the 18th-century staircase creaking with the weight of suitcases being heaved into new rooms. More...
By Courtney Kueppers. The faculty-hiring calendar in philosophy, as in many disciplines, has long followed a standard arc: Most institutions post openings in late fall with deadlines of November 1 or later, hold interviews in December or January, and do not require answers to offers before February. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why kids — now more than ever — need to learn philosophy. Yes, philosophy.
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 2016/02/05
If you read this more closely (like a philosopher would) you can see that what Valerie Strauss really means here is that kids should be taught how to reason more effectively. More...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Décor sculpté des édifices urbains et monastiques dans l’empire byzantin (5ème – 10ème siècles) : c’est un des cours que je suis ce semestre en tant qu’auditeur libre, cours de 1ère année de master par Catherine Vanderheyde, maître de conférences en histoire de l’art et archéologie du Monde byzantin. Suite...
By Bill Stamets. I can imagine that the life Hannah Arendt lived in America could inform her "life of the mind" in ways the books she read in America might not. If Richard H. King’s book Arendt and America omitted how her years of life among the Americans mattered, the reviewer Charles Clavey ("Arendt Among the Americans," January 22) did, too — and omitted mentioning King’s omission. More...
By Lloyd Strickland. The Vatican says the new Star Wars baddies are not bad enough. But philosophers have long argued that cruel behaviour isn’t the result of pure evil. More...
Par Jérôme Lecoq. Traditionnellement les philosophes décrivent le monde, le décryptent, inventent des concepts, commentent les autres philosophes. Ils ne s’intéressent pas à un individu en particulier mais aux caractéristiques générales de l’humanité, à la condition humaine. C’est à la psychologie qu’on assigne le rôle d’expliquer des comportements humains ou des pensées particulières. Voir l'article...By Zofia Niemtus. We put Rene Descartes through the Research Excellence Framework, destroyed the five-second rule and laughed in the face of sexism. More...Par Jérôme Lecoq. En ces temps de violences exceptionnelles qui nous ont tous abasourdis, on pourrait se dire que la philosophie est bien inutile, bien impuissante à nous sortir de notre sidération face à l’horreur qui frappe à nos portes. On ira plus facilement rechercher du réconfort auprès de psychologues ou en partageant nos sentiments avec nos amis, qui auront pour nous une oreille bienveillante et rassurante. Suite de l'article...
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