Category Archives: Academia

Punishment book launch in Westminster

Punishment book launch The Houses of Parliament Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 Time: 17:00-19:00 Place: Committee Room 3, the Houses of Parliament, London Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should we punish criminals? What … Continue reading

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CFP: Brave New World

BRAVE NEW WORLD CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for submission of abstract: 22nd March 2013 Brave New World 2013, the Seventeenth Annual Postgraduate Conference organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), will take place on Thursday … Continue reading

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Punishment – new book

Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should we punish criminals? Which theory of punishment is most compelling? Is the death penalty ever justified? These questions and many others are addressed in this highly engaging … Continue reading

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Author-Meets-Critics Session on Robert Talisse’s Democracy and Moral Conflict

The Felician Ethics Institute is pleased to announce an Author-Meets-Critics session with Robert Talisse of Vanderbilt University on his book, Democracy and Moral Conflict (Cambridge, 2009), to be held on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Felician’s Lodi campus, 262 S. Main … Continue reading

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Symposium on John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness

The Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog is hosting a symposium on John Tomasi’s newest book, Free Market Fairness. The symposium begins today, June 11th, and runs through next Monday, June 18th. The schedule for the symposium is below. Please see the … Continue reading

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A Profession-Wide Invitation

I hereby extend a profession-wide invitation to contribute to a new blog I have created that aims to be “by and for” early-career philosophers (including social-political theorists): The Philosophers’ Cocoon. This blog aims to be a safe and supportive “grass … Continue reading

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Blog Symposium on Libertarianism and Land

Over at the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog, we’re running a symposium this week on the topic of “Libertarianism and Land,” featuring essays by Eric Mack, Hillel Steiner, Fred Foldvary, Kevin Carson, and David Schmidtz. The first essay went up this … Continue reading

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Thom Brooks, Punishment

Punishment is the most comprehensive monograph on the subject available. It is accessible for readers coming to the topic for the first time with new arguments and developments in each chapter that will be of interest to those already working … Continue reading

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CFP: Brave New World

CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline for submission of abstract: 9th April 2012 Brave New World 2012, the Sixteenth Annual Postgraduate Conference organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), will take place on Wednesday 27th and … Continue reading

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Animals, Ethics and the Law Symposium

A two day symposium that may be of interest to some:  http://philosophy.utk.edu/ael/main.html March 2-3, 2012 Howard Baker Center for Public Policy Animals, Ethics and Law Symposium Speakers and Titles: Colin Allen Indiana Philosophy, Cognitive Science Ethics, Law and the Science … Continue reading

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Open Letter to US University Chancellors and Presidents

Matthew Noah Smith has written the following open letter from the faculty of US universities and colleges to to their chancellors and presidents regarding the use of violence against student protesters. If you would like to add your name to … Continue reading

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Res Publica postgraduate essay prize

Postgraduate Essay Prize, 2011Res Publica: A Journal of Moral, Legal and Social Philosophy For the seventh year running, Res Publica will be awarding a prize for the best paper submitted by a current postgraduate student in 2011.  This may be … Continue reading

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iPad 2

A lazy question to mark the beginning of summer: Suppose an academic were to (a) succumb to Apple’s marketing prowess and (b) invest a great deal of time and energy researching/discovering the best ways to make use of his/her new … Continue reading

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Women in Philosophy Blog

A quick note that What Is It Like to Be a Woman in Philosophy? is back in business, along with a new site: What We’re Doing About What It’s Like. It’s no doubt impossible to sum up the problems facing … Continue reading

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The Art of Theory

Via Jason Swadley at Brown, a new online political philosophy quarterly: The Art of Theory. This issue contains an interview with Michael Sandel, pieces by John McCormick and Sharon Krause, and a roundtable discussion of Ryan Patrick Hanley’s Adam Smith … Continue reading

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Petition on the AHRC and “The Big Society”

The petition can be found here and I urge readers to consider signing it. It makes a point of principle, not politics: that the UK-based Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) — which funds research in areas such as law and … Continue reading

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Keele University Considers Closing Philosophy Dept.

Keele University is considering closing its philosophy department. Anyone concerned should join this facebook group for more details on how they can help fight it.  Alumni and others concerned by this are encouraged to write emails to this address: savekeelephilosophy@groups.facebook.com

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Journal of Moral Philosophy launches new submission system

I am delighted to announce that the Journal of Moral Philosophy has launched our new online electronic submission system. Please either visit our online submission page to submit new work: http://www.editorialmanager.com/jmpbrill/ The JMP normally reviews papers in 6-8 weeks or … Continue reading

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Extended Deadline – Summer University on Justice: Theory and its Applications

The CEU Summer University: JUSTICE: THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS July 4-15, 2011 Budapest, Hungary; Faculty: Peter Vallentyne, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department ofPhilosophy, Columbia, USA; Andrew Williams, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Catalan Institute of Researchand Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain; Matthew Clayton, University … Continue reading

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CEU Summer University: Justice: Theory and Its Applications

The CEU Summer University JUSTICE: THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS July 4-15, 2011 Budapest, Hungary Faculty: Peter Vallentyne, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Philosophy, Columbia, USA Andrew Williams, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain Matthew … Continue reading

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Which philosophy journal do you think is best?

Readers are encouraged to visit this link where they can vote for their favourite philosophy journals. The choice is fairly comprehensive with nearly 130 journals listed and more added daily. There have been more than 10,000 votes registered and there … Continue reading

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Excellent Philosophy MA program accepting applications

Hi all-Just thought I would let people know that if you happen to have undergrads who you think might be well served by an excellent MA program, Georgia State is now accepting applications for acceptance with Fellowships and Scholarships. Our … Continue reading

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Advice for article reviewers: what is best practice?

Readers may be familiar with my “Publishing Advice for Graduate Students” which addressed issues from publishing book reviews and conference proceedings to replies, full length articles, and submitting book contracts successfully. I have been genuinely thrilled by its reception as … Continue reading

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Res Publica: postgraduate essay prize 2010

Postgraduate Essay Prize, 2010 Res Publica: A Journal of Moral, Legal and Social Philosophy For the sixth year running, Res Publica (the journal of the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy) will be awarding a prize for the best paper … Continue reading

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Journal of Moral Philosophy 7(1) (2010)

JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681)Volume 7, Number 1 (2010) ARTICLES William Sin, ‘Trivial Sacrifices, Great Demands’, pp. 3-15 Lina Papadaki, ‘What is Objectification?’ pp. 16-36 M. B. E. Smith, ‘Does … Continue reading

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Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(4) (2009)

JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 6, Number 4 (2009)ARTICLES Ty Landrum, ‘Persons as Objects of Love’, pp. 417-39 Elizabeth Tropman, ‘Renewing Moral Intuitionism’, pp. 440-63 David Alm, ‘Deontological Restrictions … Continue reading

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The Anthroposystem and “Human Nature” (Shortened Version) – Part 2 of 2

Veniamin Zatsepin University of Melbourne, Faculty of Education Table of Contents – Part 2: Personality types as the elements of anthroposystem What is human nature? Where is the concept of evil human nature from? Afterword Acknowledgments References Personality types as … Continue reading

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The Anthroposystem and “Human Nature” (Shortened Version) – Part 1 of 2

Veniamin Zatsepin University of Melbourne, Faculty of Education Table of Contents – Part 1: Preface Creation of the concept of the social system The social system in Marxist philosophy Post-Marxist concepts of the social systems Testing the social system theories … Continue reading

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Excellent MA program for Public Reasoners’ students

Hi all- Just thought I would let people know that if you happen to have undergrads who you think might be well served by an excellent MA program, Georgia State is now accepting applications for acceptance with Fellowships and Scholarships. … Continue reading

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Survey on Publishing in Philosophy

Via Sally Haslanger: All professional philosophers are invited to participate in a survey on publishing in philosophy. It should take about 10 minutes. It will be useful to have your CV handy as you fill it out. Please go here to … Continue reading

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Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought

The Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought (APT) was formally established on 9 January 2009 at the Oxford Political Thought Conference. A constitution was agreed as were the executive officers, including Professor Richard Bellamy (UCL, Chair), Elizabeth Frazer (New … Continue reading

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Tanner Lectures

An online library of Tanner lectures is up at the University of Utah.

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Philosophy of Science Group Blog

A new philosophy of science group blog, “It’s Only a Theory,” has started up. Contributors so far include Otavio Bueno (Miami), Craig Callender (UCSD), Gabriele Contessa (Carleton), Roman Frigg (LSE), Marc Lange (UNC), Chris Pincock (Purdue), Stathis Psillos (Athens), Mauricio … Continue reading

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PhilPapers

David Bourget and David Chalmers at ANU have created an online database of philosophy papers called PhilPapers. It allows you to browse through journals, create reading lists at the click of a button, and comment on papers. There is an … Continue reading

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Appiah on Obama

Kwame Anthony Appiah has a podcast on the BBC on Barack Obama’s experience teaching constitutional law at Chicago, which you should be able to access via the BBC Documentaries page on iTunes. Nussbaum, Tribe, etc. comment. This link should work … Continue reading

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