More on David Foster Wallace and analytic philosophy

A lot of buzz in the philosophy blogosphere regarding the APA - Here is a recent installment. The discussion is worth the read.

Funny post from The Philosophy Smoker. Also good suggestions.

More discussion on the open access issue from Richard Chappell

Ichikawa's closing claim: It seems to me that if a well-supported theory has a counterintuitive consequence, it’s not the theory’s job to explain why people have the false intuition, beyond the minimal way: people are so constituted to think that p, but not-p, where not-p is the verdict of the theory. If the theorist wants to do some psychology and attempt to explain where the false intuition comes from, that’s great. But I think it’s often optional.

Ralph Wedgwood on the morality and legality of torture. A rare venturing into applied ethics for Ralph.

Raises the important issue about open access research.

Andrew outlines some really good reasons why more philosophers should be using Twitter!

Useful for those on the market.

Comments section is just starting but already interesting. Even more interesting is the question of whether being a carnivore might hurt you on the market (this comes up in the comments).