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Philip L. Quinn Fellowship in Philosophy to be established at the NHC

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Philip L. Quinn Fellowship in Philosophy to be established at the National Humanities Center

... It is especially gratifying that a distinguished and much-loved member of the academic world admired the National Humanities Center and that his co-executors have chosen to memorialize him here. It speaks to the place that the Center holds in the hearts and minds of American scholars, and it is fitting that Philip Quinn's intellectual and ethical commitments in the profession be transmitted thus to future generations of philosophers.

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Arché/CSMN Graduate Conference

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Young Philosophers Lectures on the Roku player!

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New content on Blip.tv channel.

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The PhilPapers Survey and MetaSurvey Info is In

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Find out how views in the profession break down on key issues, and also how we *think* the profession breaks down...

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TeXlive 2009 released

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After a long testing period, TeXlive 2009 was released yesterday. This is a great LaTeX and XeLaTeX distribution for every OS.

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Graduate Programs for X-phi

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This list of schools is for undergraduate students who are interested in experimental philosophy and want to pursue a graduate degree.

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DexTeXifty - draw a symbol, get a LaTeX code

http://detexify.kirelabs.org

If nothing else, this is just plain amusing. For philosophers using LaTeX, who need a symbol code, but are too lazy or impatient to look through symbols-letter or symbols-a4.pdf? Draw a symbol, get a code, here!

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The Monads

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This page has all the classics, plus three new tracks from the 21st Century Monads.

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October JFP

http://leiterreports.typepad.com

Leiter reports the initial stats on the latest Jobs for Philosophers. (Spoiler: It doesn't look good so far.)

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Daniel Dennett: Autobiography (Part 1)

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An interesting look into Dennett's early life. Part 2 is coming later in Philosophy Now.

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13 Things to Do on Twitter Besides Tweet

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I know a lot of philosophers on here also are active on Twitter. Thought you'd like this.

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The real US healthcare issue: compassion deficiency -Gordon Marino

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Gordon Marino, professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College, writes about the current health care debate.

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Real-life Dretske case

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Well, almost - it's a painted donkey rather than a painted mule.

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Draconian Budget Cuts at UCLA

http://leiterreports.typepad.com

A nice link from Leiter to a story about UCLA's financial situation---just one of the state-funded campuses severely affected by California's horrible budget crisis. The situation is, to say the least, grim.

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Best Journal Survey Method So Far

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Andrew Cullison seeks feedback for his improvement on the Philosophy Journal Wiki.

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Is Free Will Free?

http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com

Al Mele is discussed briefly in the New York Times. (HT: Garden of Forking Paths: http://gfp.typepad.com/the_garden_of_forking_pat/2009/06/mele-in-the-nyt...).

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Teaching Philosophy 101 at the Lunenburg Correctional Center

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Teaching philosophy in prison.

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The death of scholarly journals?

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Sensible discussion about the economics of open access.

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Philosophy: Mind and Manners - Crooked Timber

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More in the comment thread about why our colleagues in the humanities think we are "arseholes" and "football hooligans". Not sure what if anything there is to contribute to this discussion.

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Disciplinary pecking order

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Philosophy as seen from without.

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