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4 days ago · Of all the stupid and venal things he did--declaring a fake "national emergency" at the Southern border, withdrawing from the Paris Climate accords, withdrawing from the World Health Organization--the most ominous was pardoning all those convicted for participation in the stormtrooper riot on January 6, 2021, including those convicted of …
Stipends for philosophy PhD students at top programs in the U.S.?
1 day ago · Previous discussions on the blog have noted the bad funding situation for PhD students in philosophy in Canada.. The situation in the U.S., where many (but certainly not all) of the top programs are private (all are public in Canada), is more complex. In 2023-24, Princeton and Yale were offering stipends of $50,000, Chicago was offering $45,000, Berkeley was offering $40,000, and NYU was ...
Did Trump just end affirmative action at universities (including ...
1 day ago · In the flurry of execcutive orders by the monster child, I missed this one; as CHE explains:. Decades of higher-ed hiring and employment practices aimed at avoiding discrimination could be upended after President Trump late Tuesday rescinded the Equal Employment Opportunity order signed in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.. The order applies to federal contractors and likely includes the ...
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Jan 14, 2025 · Lateral moves/retirements since the 2024 Philosophical Gourmet Report: 2024-25 edition. In addition to the separate posts announcing (generally tenured) faculty moves, I will keep a running list of all lateral moves (and retirements and deaths) not reflected in the faculty lists for the 2024 PGR (some moves that took place...
Most-cited Anglophone philosophy articles within 10 years of their ...
1 day ago · Interesting data from philosopher Brian Weatherson, and tracks rather well my own informal sense of whose work has been important in recent English-speaking philosophy. (The faculty represented also track rather well the top philosophy PhD programs!)
The "true and final value" of philosophy
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Three models of a PhD program faculty: Princeton, MIT, Pittburgh
Oct 9, 2024 · On what I will call the "Princeton model" the center of gravity of the department is in contemporary areas of metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, mind and science, and parts of value theory, but having at least one faculty member covering the major periods of the history of Western philosophy (ancient, early modern, Kant, less …
Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: What should be done?
Dec 16, 2024 · Adolph Reed comments in the wake of the electoral disaster:. To the extent that the totality of politics, including among those who see themselves as the “left” or even advocates of a working-class agenda, has reduced to winning this election or preparing to win the next one, there’s no impetus to break with what passes for “sophisticated” political …
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A soon-to-be PhD student writes: I am an incoming philosophy PhD student at a university in a major U.S. city. While I have been fortunate enough to receive funding and a stipend for the duration of my program, I find myself increasingly worried about getting by with rising inflation and costs of living — especially considering that the stipend is the same for all five years.
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