Events
“State of Philosophy: Challenges, Threats, and Strategies” Session at the APA
The Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA) is taking place this week in New York.
The full program is here.
If you’re at the conference and are interested in issues confronting the profession, I encourage you to attend the session, “State of Philosophy: Challenges, Threats, and Strategies,” taking place Thursday morning at 9am.
The session features Sally Haslanger (MIT), Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside), Fritz McDonald (Oakland), and me.
Come by, join the discussion, and say hi.
If you can’t make it, feel free to suggest topics for discussion in the comments here, and maybe we will get to them.
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Tackling Homelessness with Unconditional Cash Transfers: 22 February 2024
“Despite the valiant efforts of many individuals and organisations, the rate of homelessness in Greater Manchester is still increasing. A study by Shelter published in January 2023 stated that the three local authorities with the worst homelessness rate in the North West were all within Greater Manchester: Manchester, Salford and Oldham. Both the total number […]
Tackling Homelessness with Unconditional Cash Transfers: 22 February 2024
Reminder: Philosophy Summer Programs 2024
In the fall I put up posts for listing philosophy programs for the upcoming summer.
[Henri Matisse, “View of Collioure”]
Listing your summer programs here increases the chances that more people (including potential applicants) learn about them.
Here they are:
• Philosophy Summer Programs for High School Students – 2024
• Philosophy Summer Programs for Undergraduates – 2024
• Philosophy Summer Programs for Graduate Students/PhDs – 2024
If you’re involved with a philosophy summer program, please click on the appropriate post and list it in the comments there. Thank you.
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Workshop on Guaranteed Income Experiments – February 22-23: Call for papers
“This workshop is presented by the History and Philosophy Department of the University of New Orleans in collaboration with the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, at the University of Minho, and the Justice Studies Program at the University of New Orleans. It will be held at the University of New Orleans, February 22-23, 2024 […]
Workshop on Guaranteed Income Experiments – February 22-23: Call for papers
Report on the 2023 BIEN Congress held in Seoul, South Korea
by Annie Miller “When I was invited to give the Opening Address, I wondered ‘What could I talk about?’. However, I realised that, even after more than three decades in the business, I am still learning new things that I could share. I had also had the privilege of attending the first of the current […]
Philosophers Against Malaria: Fundraising Competition Results
The “Philosophers Against Malaria” fundraising competition among departments of philosophy has concluded, and in total generated $27,089.
That’s enough to buy over 10,000 mosquito nets, says fundraiser organizer and philosophy PhD student Malte Hendrickx (Michigan), who shares the competition results:
Michigan came in first—I hope my home department sees the win as compensation for the relentless nagging they had to endure.
Virginia Tech came second, propelled by an incredibly generous anonymous contributor who gave $7200, the largest donation of this year.
The University of Colorado, Boulder came third, helped by the generosity of graduate student Kyle York, who offered to match donations by his department.
You can check out the results of the competition here.
The post Philosophers Against Malaria: Fundraising Competition Results first appeared on Daily Nous.
The Future of Philosophy Journals
“What is the future of philosophy journals?”
That’s the question at the heart of an upcoming open online event taking place on Wednesday, January 17th.
“The Future of Transformative Journals in Philosophy” is organized by the Open Access working group—Sophia Crüwell (Cambridge), Chiara Lisciandra (Utrecht), and David Teira (UNED). They write:
Many publishers (like Springer or Elsevier) have declared their journals “transformative”, hoping to transition to a Gold Open Access regime, in which all papers will be freely accessible, since their authors will have covered the costs with an Author Processing Charge. But while opening access to scientific publications enables a wider circulation of scientific work, this might come at the cost of hindering access to scientific contributions from authors, institutions, or countries with limited funding opportunities. European funding bodies, like the Coalition S, are now surveying the scientific community to grasp its views on this process.
The 90 minute session will have a quick introductory overview of the situation, delivered by an expert librarian, followed by a panel discussion with four journal editors and an open debate with the participants. Throughout the discussion, we will reflect on the steps to take in response to current challenges, our options as editors, and prospects for developing alternative publishing models. Overall, the session will provide a critical examination of the evolving landscape of academic publishing in philosophy.
More information and registration are here.
The post The Future of Philosophy Journals first appeared on Daily Nous.
Session on the Journal of Political Philosophy at Upcoming APA
The upcoming Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA) will include a session on the Journal of Political Philosophy, in light of the uproar following the decision of its publisher, Wiley, to fire the journal’s editor and founder, Robert Goodin (ANU).
The decision, made in April, is scheduled to take effect at the end of this month.
In protest of the decision, the rest of the journal’s editorial team and its advisory board resigned.
The decision prompted a statement of non-cooperation with the journal that, as of today, has been signed by 1107 academics who work in areas covered by the journal. The statement says:
In light of:
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- the recent decision taken by John Wiley and Sons to terminate Prof. Robert Goodin’s editorship of the Journal of Political Philosophy at the end of 2023,
- the consequent resignations of the vast majority of the journal’s editorial board,
- and the inadequate explanation offered by Wiley as to their decision,
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we the undersigned resolve, from the point at which Prof. Goodin is no longer the editor of the journal, to:
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- decline any invitation to join the editorial board of the journal,
- refuse any request to review papers submitted for publication in the journal, and
- refrain from submitting any papers for publication in the journal
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unless and until:
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- the decision to terminate Prof. Goodin’s editorship is rescinded,
- full editorial independence of the editors over the journal’s publications is restored, and
- all questions concerning the future relationship between Wiley and the journal are resolved to the satisfaction of the editorial board as recently constituted.
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The session is being put on by Wiley as part of the group program. Here’s the description:
Wiley is hosting an open session as a space for the community to discuss the Journal of Political Philosophy. Dr. Hannah Reed, Journal Publisher, and Rebecca Walter, Director of Social Sciences & Humanities Journals, will talk openly regarding recent events, will be happy to field questions, and welcome engagement from the community to guide the journal to a successful future.
It is taking place Wednesday, January 17th, at 11:00am.
Philosophers who work in political philosophy and related areas, philosophers concerned with the relationship between for-profit publishers and academic workers, and philosophers who value editorial independence, among others, may be interested in attending the session.
It is not known whether Wiley’s efforts to constitute a new editorial team for the journal have been successful.
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As Gaza burns, Labour organises ‘Keir-aoke’ to raise party funds
Starmer’s party isn’t satisfied with making us cringe through billionaire donations, support for war crimes and contempt for Palestinian suffering
With more than 20,000 slaughtered in Gaza by Israel – around half of them children – and many more maimed, Keir Starmer is rightly facing jeers and heckling everywhere he goes, because of his support for Israel’s ‘right’ to ‘defend itself’ by the mass murder of civilians and the razing of schools, hospitals and homes.
Labour’s response? A fundraiser titled ‘Keir-aoke’ – not to raise funds for oppressed Palestinians facing an illegal occupation and an apartheid system that treats them as lower than animals, but for whatever purposes the party thinks fit:
Despite donations from billionaires and corporations, Labour is still telling its members that it depends on their donations to survive – but clearly the regime’s numerous begging letters aren’t getting a good response and the party machine is somehow deluded enough to think mutilating language to name an event after Starmer is going to be more, not less appealing.
The lowest price for a ticket to this cringe-fest is £16.96 (but only for ‘concessions’), though people can save money by not going and instead buying – seriously – a ‘solidarity’ ticket for a mere £15:
Labour has already had to cancel one event because of protests by human rights supporters outraged by Starmer’s and local MP Steve Reed’s enthusiastic support for genocide, but the party is clearly not inclined to think, let alone learn, and its delusion runs deep.
Meanwhile, people with actual human feeling will be marching in their hundreds of thousands, in London and around the country, for justice, a ceasefire and an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine:
Check here for the actions near you – but be aware that at the time of writing, the PSC event page appears to be under an attack that is suspiciously affecting only that page on the PSC’s website.
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