The Philosophers' Cocoon
A safe and supportive forum for philosophers.
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: Mentoring
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: One of the more frustrating aspects of academia is how often senior faculty, including those tasked with supporting job candidates, assume that people on the market are young, naive, and not quite fully adult. Why is this the default assumption? I'm a…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I'm mid-career (tenured ~2021), and I've enjoyed doing some mentoring of grad students and early career folks. But I'm running into issues for which I could use a mentor of my own! Some of these issues involve dept politics, others are about how…
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In our new "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: How can junior faculty become good supervisors, especially when the students they are supervising are not optimistic/enthusiastic about their degrees? I am tenure-track faculty in a department which requires regular supervision of MA and PhD students. I care deeply about philosophy and about…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I'm between a grad program and a job, in a post-doc. In my grad program, I had great mentorship and guidance; in my post-doc, I have neither. I feel very adrift and mostly alone. (This may echo what others say about jobs that…