The Philosophers' Cocoon
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Owned & Moderated by Marcus Arvan (University of Tampa)
Contact: marvan@ut.edu
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recent posts
- Withdrawing a manuscript because of typos and structural issues?
- Completing a US PhD within 4 years?
- Putting lighthearted accomplishments on one’s “author CV” for book proposals?
- The status of the journal “Dialectica”?
- Changing 3rd personal self-citations to 1st person when editing proofs for publication?
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Category: Coping with COVID-19
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, concerned non-TT writes: I'm wondering if we can get a conversation going about vulnerably employed (i.e., non-TT) faculty dealing with university administrators' unethical decision not to enforce COVID vaccination requirements for those on campus for the coming AY. In countries with access to ample vaccines like…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader writes: I'm a 3rd year PhD student (I've passed my comps. and started my proposal) and here's my query: How are y'all working, publishing, editing, applying, defending during covid pandemic? Though I see philosophy might be even more present those times, I only feel…
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In the comment thread on my post on publishing advice for grad students and other early career people, a grad student writes: As a graduate student, I do appreciate the time and effort made to help us figure out how to best go about trying to publish papers. My biggest concern is that such posts…
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This is a guest post by C. Thi Nguyen, philosophy professor at the University of Utah OK, I just survived being Program Chair of the American Society for Aesthetics Annual Conference – a huge, 4-track, 3-day conference that had to go virtual. I didn’t know it was going virtual when I volunteered to head it…