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- How to handle self-citation in manuscripts?
- Classic papers every analytic philosopher should read? (and have they changed?)
- When does a paper (revised from the ground up) count as a “new paper”?
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- Conference suggestions for someone moving to Europe?
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Category: Adjunct faculty
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I am generally curious about the life of an adjunct, and in particular adjuncts who have other jobs and teach philosophy as a way to supplement their income (i.e., who are not trying to make a full-time living as an adjunct). How…
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In our April "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I am (hopefully) going to receive tenure in the coming year. I am thinking about what I want to do with that newfound security, and one thing I want to do is be a better ally to contingent faculty at my university. There…
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, MS writes: How should people with temporary positions deal with teaching demands that extend beyond a particular course’s contract? Suppose I am contracted to teach PHIL 101 in the Fall term, and there is a student who (for legitimate reasons) needs to defer some of…