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
- Tips for students and/or early career folk who face a mental block in writing papers?
- Does time under review predict particular editorial decisions?
- Does is matter how recent a job applicant’s teaching experience is?
- Can official reporting procedures for sexual harassment be trusted?
- Publishing work critical of your institution’s (e.g. religious) values?
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Category: Professional ethics
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: this probably comes up every year, so I ask again (I couldn't find a specific post through search). I am lucky to have found a great TT job, starting Fall. However, a new TT job opened up in what is geographically a much,…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I have a paper that is going to be published in French in an edited volume, but I also want to publish the paper in English. How should I go about this? Can I submit the English paper to a journal and state…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Is it ethical to review a book manuscript for a publisher and then later publish in a journal your review of that updated book? A colleague told me he thought it was a conflict of interest. I'm wondering what everyone at the cocoon…
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In our new "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Lately, I’ve been trying out ChatGPT-4o on some of my own manuscripts—just asking it to summarize the papers and see what it picks up. To my surprise, it actually does a pretty good job. It seems to understand what I'm trying to say,…