The Philosophers' Cocoon
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Category: Graduate School
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I'm a grad student on the market, and I have a lot of teaching experience (as TA and as lecturer at my degree-granting institution as well as others). I've had success getting first-round interviews at institutions that really care about their students,…
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: With PhD offers starting to come in, I wonder if people have thoughts on the degree to which offers are negotiable? If you have better funding from one school, are you able to use this to negotiate with another? Is this a…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader queries: I have a student who is applying for a PhD programs in philosophy, and in case none of this year's applications work out, they are wondering if it would look "bad" on future applications if they adjunct in the meantime (they have a…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Is it advisable for an early-career philosopher (or philosophy graduate student) to blog about philosophy? How does one tell which philosophical ideas are bloggable? These are good questions, but I think difficult ones to answer. I guess I think a lot may depend…