Knowledge and Experience

Prospect Magazine has released its annual list of the most influential thinkers in the world. 8 of the top 20 are philosophers. Go go go ...

I want to keep track of this post—" When a series of entirely reasonable decisions leads to biased outcomes "—about the Waterman a...

My department colleague Lawrence Torcello is wading through hate mail as a result of this piece he published online: https://theconversatio...

Some links related to how service commitments affect the advancement of women faculty: " The Ivory Ceiling of Service Work" ...

It always puzzles me.

Dear Philosophy Teachers, What are your thoughts about bringing in guest lecturers? (pretty cool!) What about video-taping other's lect...

The list of reasons I don't blog like I used to is lengthy! The number of things I'd rather do than spend time on my computer is a l...

I'm reading two blog-type articles. Steven Pinker at the New Republic, " Science Is Not the Enemy of the Humanities " and Gar...

Salon article: " Philosophy has a sexual harassment problem ." Slate podcast (about 11:30 in). As this problem has drawn pres...

I'm (still) reading Jo Ellen Jacobs' The Voice of Harriet Taylor Mill and came across such an interesting passage about the Mills...

Ah, what a show we had earlier this summer. This one became more entertaining than anyone could have guessed. And enlightening . Who else i...

The recent news about sexual harassment in philosophy has been bringing exposure (so to speak) to the problem--not to mention providing an ...

I have a problem, and maybe you can help me--because you know more about facebook than I do. I work with a group to foster conservation an...

I'm part of a "faculty team" that is working on assessment of a new general education requirement in ethics education. In pr...

I've taught the main idea of John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" before--in introductory level courses. I've taught his se...