Thursday, December 29, 2011
Existentialism is the root of the Tea Party?
I found this both funny and disturbingly dangerous. It is automatically suspect when anyone takes there definition of a philosophical systems out of the american heritage dictionary. I feel that a movement like existentialism is dangerous in the sense that in describing the human condition, almost everyone is involved, associating it with a political movement then has great weight. I'm not a political animal myself, but this just seems inappropriate. Any thoughts?Join me on Twitter or Facebook for updates. Please email suggestions, links and questions to PhilosoraptErs@gmail.com
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
PGR 2011 is up!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School
A cite dedicated to the plague of problems revolving around graduate school and academia in general. Many of these I believe are legitimate and should be addressed. Many of these are already listed but I look forward to including some of these into List of Issues/Changes for Professional Philosophy
If your interested check out the site HERE
Join me on Twitter or Facebook for updates. Please email suggestions, links and questions to PhilosoraptErs@gmail.comWittgenstein's archive rediscovered in Cambridge
A rediscovered archive could shed new light on the work of renowned philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Professor Arthur Gibson, from the University of Cambridge, has been examining books and papers which disappeared from public view in 1941.
He believes that one of these could be the 'pink' or 'yellow' book Wittgenstein's pupils thought existed.
He said there was also a handwritten Brown Book which differs from the version that was published.
More HERE
Join me on Twitter or Facebook for updates. Please email suggestions, links and questions to PhilosoraptErs@gmail.comFriday, December 2, 2011
Grad School as a Game
Post-docs have to Pay for Application Fees (even though its a job)
Because of the job market these days, a large number of fresh of the press PhD students, particularly in philosophy, are doing post-doctorate fellowships. As is brought up in the below article, it is strange that universities charge an application fee because technicaly it is a job, not an degree program which one is applying for.
"Postdoctoral applicants in the humanities say they find themselves in a comparable situation as some university departments are charging an application fee. Some irate applicants have been lighting up a discussion board on the Internet to complain about the fees. While fees are the norm for applying to earn degrees, most say they are unusual for postdoctoral fellowships, which are jobs" Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/02/fee-postdoctoral-programs-irks-applicants#ixzz1fS8cyLXk
Inside Higher Ed
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